Moacșa

Moacşa Maksa
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Moacşa in the Covasna county, Romania
Coordinates: 45°52′0″N 25°58′0″E / 45.86667°N 25.96667°E / 45.86667; 25.96667Coordinates: 45°52′0″N 25°58′0″E / 45.86667°N 25.96667°E / 45.86667; 25.96667
Country	Romania
County	Covasna County
Status	Commune
Government
• Mayor	Álmos Oláh Bádi (Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania)
Population (2011)
• Total	1,206
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Moacşa (Hungarian: Maksa, Hungarian pronunciation: [’mɒkʃɒ]) is a commune in Covasna County, Romania composed of two villages:

• Moacşa / Maksa
• Pădureni / Sepsibesenyő

History

It formed part of the Székely Land region of the historical Transylvania province. Until 1918, the village belonged to the Háromszék County of the Kingdom of Hungary. After the Treaty of Trianon of 1920, it became part of Romania. In 2004, Dalnic broke off from Moacşa to form an independent commune.

Demographics

The commune has an absolute Székely Hungarian majority. According to the 2011 Census it has a population of 1,206 of which 94.69% or 1,142 are Hungarian.^[1]

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