Avrămeşti

Avrămeşti
Avrămeşti
Szentábrahám
—  Commune  —
Location of Avrămeşti
AvrămeştiSzentábrahám is located in Romania
Avrămeşti
Szentábrahám
Location of Avrămeşti
Coordinates: 46°20′0″N 25°1′0″E / 46.333333°N 25.016667°E / 46.333333; 25.016667Coordinates: 46°20′0″N 25°1′0″E / 46.333333°N 25.016667°E / 46.333333; 25.016667
Country  Romania
County Harghita County
Status Commune
Government
 – Mayor Zsigmond Barabás (Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania)
Area
 – Total 28.19 km2 (10.9 sq mi)
Population (2002)
 – Total 2,517
 – Density 88.28/km2 (228.6/sq mi)
Ethnicity[1]
 – Hungarians 97.69%
 – Gypsies 1.74%
 – Romanians 0.55%
Religion
 – Unitarian 73.65%
 – Reformed 17.79%
 – Roman-Catholic 4.88%
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 – Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal Code 537010
Area code(s) +40 266
Website www.szentabraham.ro

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

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Component villages

The commune is composed of eight villages:

In Romanian In Hungarian
Andreeni Magyarandrásfalva
Avrămeşti Szentábrahám
Cecheşti Csekefalva
Firtănuş Firtosmartonos
Goagiu Gagy
Medişoru Mic Kismedesér
Laz-Firtănuş Firtosmartonosi Láz
Laz-Şoimuş 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

The commune has an absolute Székely (Hungarian) majority. According to the 2002 census it has a population of 2,517 of which 97.69% or 2,459 are Hungarian. [2]

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