Postal Code 537035 Area 78.36 km² | Time zone EET (UTC+2) Area code(s) +40 266 Population 2,688 (2011) | |
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Weather 2°C, Wind E at 0 km/h, 95% Humidity | ||
Cârța (Hungarian: Csíkkarcfalva or Karcfalva, [ˈt͡ʃiːkːɒrt͡sfɒlvɒ]), is a commune in Romania, located in Harghita County. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania. The commune is composed of two villages:
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History
The village belonged to the Székely seat of Csíkszék, then from 1876 until 1918 to the Csík County in the Kingdom of Hungary. After the Treaty of Trianon of 1920, it became part of Romania and fell within Ciuc 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 Mureș-Magyar Autonomous Region. In 1968, the province was abolished, and since then, the commune has been part of Harghita County.
Demographics
According to the 2011 Census, it has a population of 2,697, of which 2,688 (99.67%) are Székely Hungarians, forming an absolute majority.