Săcel, Harghita

Săcel
Székelyandrásfalva
Commune

Location of Săcel, Harghita
Săcel

Location of Săcel, Harghita

Coordinates: 46°18′0″N 25°56′0″E / 46.30000°N 25.93333°E / 46.30000; 25.93333
Country  Romania
County Harghita County
Status Commune
Government
  Mayor Lajos Nagy (Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania)
Area
  Total 77.30 km2 (29.85 sq mi)
Population (2002)
  Total 1,320
  Density 17.10/km2 (44.3/sq mi)
Ethnicity
  Hungarians 68.18%
  Romanians 9.4%
  Gypsies 5.9%
Language
  Hungarian 69.62%
  Romanian 29.7%
  Gypsy 0.53%
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal Code 537310
Area code(s) +40 266

Săcel (Hungarian: Székelyandrásfalva, Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈseːkɛjɒndraːʃfɒlvɒ]) is a commune in Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania.

Component villages

The commune is composed of five villages:

In RomanianIn Hungarian Population(2002)Ethnic majority
Săcel Székelyandrásfalva144Romanians
Şoimuşu Mare Nagysolymos346Hungarians
Şoimuşu Mic Kissolymos451Hungarians
UilacÚjlak27Romanians
VidăcutHidegkút352Mixed[1]

History

The villages on 18th century Josephinische Landesaufnahme

The villages were part of the Székely Land region of the historical Transylvania province. They belonged to Udvarhelyszék district until the administrative reform of Transylvania in 1876, when they fell within the Udvarhely County in the Kingdom of Hungary. After the Treaty of Trianon of 1920, they became part of Romania and fell within Odorhei County during the interwar period. In 1940, the second Vienna Award granted the Northern Transylvania to Hungary and the villages were held by Hungary until 1944. After Soviet occupation, the Romanian administration returned and the commune became officially part of Romania in 1947. Between 1952 and 1960, the commune fell within the Magyar Autonomous Region, between 1960 and 1968 the Mureş-Magyar Autonomous Region. In 1968, the province was abolished, and since then, the commune has been part of Harghita County.

Demographics

The commune has a Hungarian (Székely) majority. According to the 2002 census it has a population of 1,320 of which 68.18% or 900 are Hungarian. The 2002 Census reported Protestantism being professed by the majority of the population, 34.24% of the total population being Reformed Protestants and 31.28% Unitarians, while 29.77% of the respondents were Eastern Orthodox.[2] In the villages of Săcel (Székelyandrásfalva) and Uilac (Újlak) there is an absolute Romanian majority. As to Vidăcut (Hidegkút), in the hamlet Vidacutul Român (Székelyhidegkút) Romanians, while in Vidacutul Unguresc (Magyarhidegkút) Hungarians form the majority. Şoimuşu Mic (Kissolymos) and Şoimuşu Mare (Nagysolymos) have an absolute Hungarian majority.

References

  1. "Etnikai statisztikák" (in Hungarian). Árpád E. Varga. Retrieved 2010-07-02.
  2. Romanian Census 2002; retrieved on July 2, 2010
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