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Status
  
Climate
  
Dfb

Area
  
128.5 km²

Local time
  
Thursday 8:33 AM

County
  
Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Website
  
Official site

Population
  
8,567 (2011)


Weather
  
4°C, Wind W at 14 km/h, 90% Humidity

Baraolt ([baraˈolt]; Hungarian: Barót, [ˈbɒroːt]) 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:

Contents

Map of Baraolt 525100, Romania

  • 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). 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

    Baraolt Wikipedia


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