Feliceni

Feliceni
Feliceni
Felsőboldogfalva
—  Commune  —
Location of the commune
FeliceniFelsőboldogfalva is located in Romania
Feliceni
Felsőboldogfalva
Location of the commune
Coordinates: 46°16′0″N 25°16′0″E / 46.266667°N 25.266667°E / 46.266667; 25.266667Coordinates: 46°16′0″N 25°16′0″E / 46.266667°N 25.266667°E / 46.266667; 25.266667
Country  Romania
County Harghita County
Status Commune
Government
 - Mayor József Sándor (Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania)
Area
 - Total 78.91 km2 (30.5 sq mi)
Elevation 601 m (1,972 ft)
Population (2002)
 - Total 3,026
 - Density 38.37/km2 (99.4/sq mi)
Ethnicity (2002)
 - Hungarians 99.31%
 - Romanians 0.69%
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 - Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal Code 537297
Area code(s) +40 266
Website www.felsoboldogfalva.ro

Feliceni (Hungarian: Felsőboldogfalva, Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈfɛlʃøːboldoɡfɒlvɒ], meaning "Upper Village of the Blessed", referring to the Virgin Mary) is a commune in Harghita County, Romania, in the vicinity of Odorheiu Secuiesc. It forms part of the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania.

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Component villages

The commune is composed of eleven villages:

In Romanian In Hungarian
Alexandriţa Sándortelke
Arvăţeni Árvátfalva
Cireşeni Sükő
Feliceni Felsőboldogfalva
Forţeni Farcád
Hoghia Hodgya
Oţeni Ocfalva
Poloniţa Székelylengyelfalva
Tăureni Bikafalva
Teleac Telekfalva
Văleni Patakfalva

History

The region on an 18th century map

The villages of the commune historically belonged to the Székely seat of Udvarhelyszék, then, from 1876 until 1918, to Udvarhely County in the Kingdom of Hungary. After WWI, by the terms of the Treaty of Trianon of 1920, they became part of Romania.

As a result of the Second Vienna Award, the region belonged again to Hungary between 1940 and 1944. After WWII, it came under Romanian administration and became part of Romania in 1947. Between 1952 and 1960, the villages formed part of the Hungarian Autonomous Province, then, of the Mureş-Hungarian Autonomous Province until it was abolished in 1968. Since then, the commune has been part of Harghita County.

Demographics

The commune has an absolute Székely (Hungarian) majority. According to the 2002 census it has a population of 3,026 of which 99.31% or 3,005 are Hungarian[1]

Poloniţa

Poloniţa (Hungarian: Székelylengyelfalva, or colloquially Lengyelfalva, Hungarian pronunciation: [seːkɛjlɛnɟɛlfɒlvɒ], meaning "Poles' village") is located along the Poloniţa (Lengyelfalvi) Creek in a narrow valley. It had 319 inhabitants in 2002 (down from 503 in 1910), of whom 315 were Hungarians.

The village was first mentioned in 1505 as Lengenfalwa when a certain Balthasar was elected "seat judge" at Udvarhely. In 1533, the name was recorded as Lengyelfalva. In 1899, the ethnonym Székely was added to the Hungarian placename in order to distinguish the locality from another Lengyelfalva (now: Košická Polianka) of the historical Kingdom of Hungary. The Romanian name derives from the Hungarian one and was originally used as Lenghelfalău which was later Romanianized by translation.[2]

Its Roman Catholic church was built in 1802 replacing the medieval church.

External links

References

  1. ^ Official census 2002
  2. ^ János András Vistai. "Tekintő – Erdélyi Helynévkönyv". Transylvanian Toponym Book 2nd volume at Lengyelfalva
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