Baraolt is a town and administrative district in Covasna County

Covasna County

Covasna is a county of Romania, in Transylvania, with the capital city at Sfântu Gheorghe.-Demographics:In 2002, it had a population of 222,449 and the population density was 60/km².*Hungarians – 73.79% *Romanians – 23.28%...

, Romania

Romania

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. It lies in the Székely Land

Székely Land

The Székely Land or Szekler Land refers to the territories inhabited mainly by the Székely, a Hungarian-speaking ethnic group from eastern Transylvania...

, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania

Transylvania

Transylvania is a historical region in the central part of Romania. Bounded on the east and south by the Carpathian mountain range, historical Transylvania extended in the west to the Apuseni Mountains; however, the term sometimes encompasses not only Transylvania proper, but also the historical...

. 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 2002 Census

Census

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, Baraolt has a population of 9,670 and an absolute Székely

Székely

The Székelys or Székely , sometimes also referred to as Szeklers , are a subgroup of the Hungarian people living mostly in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania, Romania...

 Hungarian majority (9,271 (95.87%) Hungarians, 300 (3.1%) Romanians

Romanians

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, 84 Roma, 15 others). Approximately 47.9% of the town's inhabitants adhere to the Hungarian Reformed Church

Reformed Church in Romania

The Reformed Church in Romania is the organization of the Calvinist church in Romania. The majority of its followers are of Hungarian ethnicity and Hungarian is the main church language...

, while 29.9% follow Roman Catholicism

Roman Catholic Church

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, 16.8% consider themselves Unitarians

Unitarian Church of Transylvania

The Unitarian Church of Transylvania is a church of the Unitarian denomination, based in the city of Cluj in the Principality of Transylvania, present day in Romania...

 and 2.6% are Romanian Orthodox.

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:

External links

About the town on Covasna County's Prefecture's Site About the town on Covasna County's Concil's site