Avrămești

Avrămești (Hungarian: Szentábrahám, Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈsɛntɒbrɒhaːm], meaning "St. Abraham") is a commune in Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania.

For other places with the same name, see Avrămești (disambiguation).
Avrămești

Szentábrahám
Commune
Location in Harghita County
Avrămești
Location in Romania
Coordinates: 46°20′N 25°01′E
Country Romania
CountyHarghita
Government
 • MayorSzöcs Béla[1] (UDMR)
Area
28.19 km2 (10.88 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
2,465
 • Density87/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Postal code
537010
Area code+40 266
Vehicle reg.HR
Websitewww.szentabraham.ro

Component villages

The commune is composed of eight villages:

In Romanian In Hungarian
Andreeni Magyarandrásfalva
Avrămești Szentábrahám
Cechești Csekefalva
Firtănuș Firtosmartonos
Goagiu Gagy
Medișoru Mic Kismedesér
Laz-Firtănuș Firtosmartonosi Láz
Laz-Șoimuș Solymosi Láz

History

Before the 1876 administrative reform of Transylvania, the village formed part of the Székely seat of Udvarhelyszék, then becoming, until 1918, a part of Udvarhely County in the Kingdom of Hungary. After the Treaty of Trianon of 1920, it became part of Romania.

Demographics

At the 2011 census, the commune had a population of 2,465; out of them, 2,105 (85.4%) were Hungarian, 278 (11.3%) were Roma and 17 (0.7%) were Romanian.[3] 65% of the commune population are Unitarian, 17% are Reformed, 6% are Roman Catholic and 1% are Orthodox.[4]

References
  1. (in Romanian) alegeri.tv - Alegeri locale 2012 - Rezultate alegeri Primăria Avrămeşti, judeţul Harghita; retrieved on March 25, 2013
  2. "Populaţia stabilă pe judeţe, municipii, oraşe şi localităti componenete la RPL_2011" (in Romanian). National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  3. Tab8. Populaţia stabilă după etnie – judeţe, municipii, oraşe, comune, 2011 census results, Institutul Național de Statistică, accessed 19 February 2020.
  4. Tab13. Populaţia stabilă după religie – judeţe, municipii, oraşe, comune, 2011 census results, Institutul Național de Statistică, accessed 19 February 2020.


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