Baraolt

Baraolt

Barót
Baraolt ; Barót
Town
	Location in Covasna County
	Baraolt Location in Romania
	Coordinates: 46°4′30″N 25°36′0″E / 46.07500°N 25.60000°ECoordinates: 46°4′30″N 25°36′0″E / 46.07500°N 25.60000°E
Country	Romania
County	Covasna
Government
• Mayor (2020–2024)	János Benedek (Ind.)
Area	128.48 km2 (49.61 sq mi)
Population (2011)	8,672
• Density	67/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Vehicle reg.	CV
Website	primariabaraolt.ro

Baraolt (Romanian pronunciation: [baraˈolt]; Hungarian: Barót, pronounced [ˈbɒroːt] (listen)) is a town and administrative district in Covasna County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania. The town was mentioned for the first time as a settlement in 1224. It administers five villages:

Biborțeni / Bibarcfalva
Bodoș / Bodos
Căpeni / Köpec
Micloșoara / Miklósvár
Racoșul de Sus / Felsőrákos

Demographics[]

According to the 2011 Census, Baraolt has a population of 8,567 and an absolute Székely Hungarian majority 8,213 (96%) Hungarians, 237 (3%) Romanians, 100 Roma, 15 others).^[3] Approximately 47.9% of the town's inhabitants adhere to the Hungarian Reformed Church, while 29.9% follow Roman Catholicism, 16.8% consider themselves Unitarians and 2.6% are Romanian Orthodox. According to the 2011 Census the ethnic composition of the town was as follows: Székely Hungarian made up (9,271 (95.87%) Hungarians, 300 (3.1%) Romanians, 84 Roma, 15 others).

The town has one high school and a provincial hospital with 82 beds. The hospital's specialties include internal medicine, surgery, obstetrics & gynecology, and paediatrics; it also has an accident and emergency service.

Demographic movement according to the censuses:

References[]

^ "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
^ "Populaţia stabilă pe judeţe, municipii, oraşe şi localităti componenete la RPL_2011" (in Romanian). National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
^ "Census data 2011" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-17. Retrieved 2012-03-11.

External links[]

(in Romanian) About the town on Covasna County's Prefecture's Site
(in Hungarian) About the town on Covasna County's Council's site

View of the town

[1] "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 10 June 2021.

[wikidata-71f49f2463186898cc435ca9ae00ce2f57ab1cdc-v3-2] "Populaţia stabilă pe judeţe, municipii, oraşe şi localităti componenete la RPL_2011" (in Romanian). National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 4 February 2014.

[3] "Census data 2011" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-17. Retrieved 2012-03-11.

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Cities	Sfântu Gheorghe (county seat) Târgu Secuiesc
Towns	Baraolt Covasna Întorsura Buzăului
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Baraolt Barót
Town

Location in Covasna County
Baraolt Location in Romania
Coordinates: 46°4′30″N 25°36′0″E / 46.07500°N 25.60000°E / 46.07500; 25.60000Coordinates: 46°4′30″N 25°36′0″E / 46.07500°N 25.60000°E / 46.07500; 25.60000
Country	Romania
County	Covasna
Government
• Mayor (2020–2024)	János Benedek^[1] (Ind.)
Area	128.48 km² (49.61 sq mi)
Population (2011)^[2]	8,672
• Density	67/km² (170/sq mi)
Time zone	EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Vehicle reg.	CV
Website	primariabaraolt.ro