Belin, Covasna

Belin (Hungarian: Bölön, Hungarian pronunciation: [bøløn]) is a commune in Covasna County, Transylvania, Romania composed of two villages: Belin and Belin-Vale (Bölönpatak).

Belin

Bölön
The Unitarian Castle Church and the Reformed Church
Location in Covasna County
Belin
Location in Romania
Coordinates: 45°56′N 25°34′E
Country Romania
CountyCovasna
Government
  MayorImre Sikó (UDMR)
Population
 (2011)[1]
2,859
Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Vehicle reg.CV

Demographics

Belin has a relative Roma majority. At the 2011 census, 46.9% of inhabitants were Roma, 36.7% Székely Hungarians and 13.7% Romanians.

In 2002, 33.4% of inhabitants were Pentecostal, 30.2% Unitarian, 19.8% Romanian Orthodox, 9.7% Reformed, 3.1% belonged to another religion, 1.3% had no religion and 1.1% were Roman Catholic.

References

  1. "Populaţia stabilă pe judeţe, municipii, oraşe şi localităti componenete la RPL_2011" (in Romanian). National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
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