Sântana de Mureș
Sântana de Mureș (Hungarian: Marosszentanna, Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈmɒroʃsɛntɒnnɒ]; German: Sankt Anna an der Mieresch) is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania, composed of four villages:
| In Romanian | In Hungarian | In German |
|---|---|---|
| Bărdești | Marosbárdos | |
| Chinari | Várhegy | Schlossberg |
| Curteni | Udvarfalva | |
| Sântana de Mureș | Marosszentanna | Sankt Anna an der Mieresch |
Sântana de Mureș
Marosszentanna | |
|---|---|
 Reformed (Presbyterian) Church | |
 Location in Mureș County | |
  Sântana de Mureș Location in Romania | |
| Coordinates: 46.57°N 24.55°E | |
| Country |  Romania |
| County | Mureș |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Dumitru Moldovan |
| Population (2011)[1] | 5,723 |
| Time zone | EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3) |
| Vehicle reg. | MS |
History
Ancient times
The Sântana de Mureș-Chernyakhov culture which flourished between the 2nd and 5th centuries AD in Eastern Europe was named after the sites discovered at Sântana de Mureș and at Cherniakhiv in Ukraine. The culture was spread across what today constitutes Ukraine, Romania, Moldova, and parts of Belarus. It probably corresponds to the Gothic kingdom of Oium as described by Jordanes in his work Getica, but it is nonetheless the result of a poly-ethnic cultural mélange of the Gothic, Getae-Dacian, Sarmatian and Slavic populations of the area.[2][3]
Modern times
Sântana de Mureș was part of the Székely Land region of Transylvania. Until 1918, the village belonged to the Maros-Torda County of the Kingdom of Hungary. After the Treaty of Trianon of 1920, it became part of Romania.
Demographics
The commune has an ethnically mixed population, with a Romanian majority: according to the 2011 Romanian Census, it has a population of 5,723 of which 50.1% are Romanians, 40.3% are Hungarians and 6.8% are Roma.[4]
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References
- "Populaţia stabilă pe judeţe, municipii, oraşe şi localităti componenete la RPL_2011" (in Romanian). National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
- “In the past, the association of this [Černjachov] culture with the Goths was highly contentious, but important methodological advances have made it irresistible.” The Cambridge Ancient History, Vol. 13: The Late Empire, p. 488 (1998)
- Peter J. Heather, John Matthews, 1991, The Goths in the Fourth Century, pp. 88-92.
- Tab8. Populaţia stabilă după etnie – judeţe, municipii, oraşe, comune, 2011 census results, Institutul Național de Statistică, accessed 12 February 2020.
