Baraolt
Baraolt Barót | |
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Town | |
Location of Baraolt | |
Coordinates: 46°4′30″N 25°36′0″E / 46.07500°N 25.60000°ECoordinates: 46°4′30″N 25°36′0″E / 46.07500°N 25.60000°E | |
Country | Romania |
County | Covasna County |
Status | Town |
Government | |
• Mayor | István Nagy (Independent) |
Area | |
• Total | 128.48 km2 (49.61 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 8,567 |
Ethnicity | |
• Hungarians | 95.87% |
• Romanians | 2.77% |
Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
• Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Website | Official site |
Baraolt (Romanian pronunciation: [baraˈolt]; Hungarian: Barót, Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈbɒroːt]) is a town and administrative district in Covasna County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania. The town was mentioned for the first time as a settlement in 1224. It administers five villages:
- Biborțeni / Bibarcfalva
- Bodoș / Bodos
- Căpeni / Köpec
- Micloșoara / Miklósvár
- Racoșul de Sus / Felsőrákos
Demographics
According to the 2011 Census, Baraolt has a population of 8,567 and an absolute Székely Hungarian majority 8,213 (96%) Hungarians, 237 (3%) Romanians, 100 Roma, 15 others).[1] Approximately 47.9% of the town's inhabitants adhere to the Hungarian Reformed Church, while 29.9% follow Roman Catholicism, 16.8% consider themselves Unitarians and 2.6% are Romanian Orthodox. According to the 2011 Census the ethnic composition of the town was as follows: Székely Hungarian made up (9,271 (95.87%) Hungarians, 300 (3.1%) Romanians, 84 Roma, 15 others).
The town has one high school and a provincial hospital with 82 beds. The hospital's specialties include internal medicine, surgery, obstetrics & gynecology, and paediatrics; it also has an accident and emergency service.
Demographic movement according to the censuses:
References
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Baraolt. |
- (Romanian) About the town on Covasna County's Prefecture's Site
- (Hungarian) About the town on Covasna County's Council's site