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Comǎna is a commune in Braşov County
, Romania
. It is composed of four villages: Comăna de Jos (the commune center), Comăna de Sus, Crihalma and Ticuşu Nou. The commune is situated in the middle of Romania, on the Olt River
. The distance from the city of Făgăraş
is 27 km, and the city of Rupea
is situated at 20 km.
Comăna de Jos was an important administrative center of the eastern part of the Făgăraș land, when Ștefan Mailat - who was born here in 1502 - ruled over Transylvania
. Villages falling within the jurisdiction of this center were: Comăna de Sus (Upper Comăna), the Lower Venice, the Upper Venice, Crihalma (the King's Hill), the New Ticuşu, Cuciulata and Lupșa.
In the year 1733, when the Romanian Greek Catholic bishop Inocenţiu Micu-Klein decided to organize a census in Transylvania, in the village of Lower Comana were reviewed of 34 families. In other words, in the Lower Comana of the year 1733, lived around 170 inhabitants. In the same census is to be noted in the Lower Comana two censuses were Greek Catholic priests, both having Iuon (John) surname. In the Lower Comana there was a Greek Catholic church and a manse. The name of the village was played in Hungarian as Alsó-Komana, whereas the results were intended to a committee consisting of non-Romanians, mostly Hungarians. In the church, the Lower Comana year 1733 kept Protopopiatul in the neighboring town, the Lower Venice. Also in census of 1733 states that the Greek Catholic parish in the Lower Comana collected 11 carts of hay.
In the interwar period and until the administrative reform of 6 September 1950 Comăna was part of Făgăraş County, which had its headquarters in the town of Făgăraş.
Since 1950, when the administrative-territorial division, the counties of Romania were replaced after the Soviet model, into districts and regions, and to administrative reform in 1968, the Lower Comana was part of Făgăraş district, Brasov region. Between 1950 - 1960, the Braşov region was renamed Stalin, with the capital in Stalin City, .i.e. Braşov.
Population between 1850 and 2002, according to the Hungarian and Romanian censuses:
Brasov County
Brașov ; ) is a county of Romania, in Transylvania, with the capital city at Brașov. The county incorporates within its boundaries most of the Medieval "lands" Burzenland and Făgăraș Land.-Demographics:...
, Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
. It is composed of four villages: Comăna de Jos (the commune center), Comăna de Sus, Crihalma and Ticuşu Nou. The commune is situated in the middle of Romania, on the Olt River
Olt River
The Olt River is a river in Romania. It is the longest river flowing exclusively through Romania. Its source is in the Hăşmaş Mountains of the eastern Carpathian Mountains, near the village Bălan. It flows through the Romanian counties Harghita, Covasna, Braşov, Sibiu, Vâlcea and Olt...
. The distance from the city of Făgăraş
Fagaras
Făgăraș is a city in central Romania, located in Braşov County . Another source of the name is alleged to derive from the Hungarian language word for "partridge" . A more plausible explanation is that the name is given by Fogaras river coming from the Pecheneg "Fagar šu", which means ash water...
is 27 km, and the city of Rupea
Rupea
Rupea is a town in Braşov County in Transylvania, Romania. It administers one village, Fișer, which has a fortified church. Older Romanian names for the settlement include Cohalm and Holuma....
is situated at 20 km.
History
In the current Comăna de Jos were discovered several human settlements, that attest the existence of early people on these places: the Bronze Age settlement from the 2nd - 1st century B.C. La Tène is represented by a Hallstatt settlement of 8th-9th century and one of 11th-13th century from the early medieval era. In Comăna de Jos were investigated dwellings dug into the soil at different depths, being unveiled 14 huts and 18 little huts, with diverse planimetry with installation of fire ovens consisting of stone and clay. Was also found and existing facilities upgraded fire outdoors. Archaeological research 1974-1976 concluded that construction traces, ruins and ceramics (by wheel and by hand) belong to various periods of time. Ceramic found here is similar to the one found in the areas inhabited by Dacians.Comăna de Jos was an important administrative center of the eastern part of the Făgăraș land, when Ștefan Mailat - who was born here in 1502 - ruled over 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...
. Villages falling within the jurisdiction of this center were: Comăna de Sus (Upper Comăna), the Lower Venice, the Upper Venice, Crihalma (the King's Hill), the New Ticuşu, Cuciulata and Lupșa.
In the year 1733, when the Romanian Greek Catholic bishop Inocenţiu Micu-Klein decided to organize a census in Transylvania, in the village of Lower Comana were reviewed of 34 families. In other words, in the Lower Comana of the year 1733, lived around 170 inhabitants. In the same census is to be noted in the Lower Comana two censuses were Greek Catholic priests, both having Iuon (John) surname. In the Lower Comana there was a Greek Catholic church and a manse. The name of the village was played in Hungarian as Alsó-Komana, whereas the results were intended to a committee consisting of non-Romanians, mostly Hungarians. In the church, the Lower Comana year 1733 kept Protopopiatul in the neighboring town, the Lower Venice. Also in census of 1733 states that the Greek Catholic parish in the Lower Comana collected 11 carts of hay.
In the interwar period and until the administrative reform of 6 September 1950 Comăna was part of Făgăraş County, which had its headquarters in the town of Făgăraş.
Since 1950, when the administrative-territorial division, the counties of Romania were replaced after the Soviet model, into districts and regions, and to administrative reform in 1968, the Lower Comana was part of Făgăraş district, Brasov region. Between 1950 - 1960, the Braşov region was renamed Stalin, with the capital in Stalin City, .i.e. Braşov.
Population
In the year of 2002 the population of Comăna commune was of 2,635 inhabitants.Population between 1850 and 2002, according to the Hungarian and Romanian censuses:
| Census of Comăna | Ethnic structure | |||||||
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| Year | Population | Romanians Romanians The Romanians are an ethnic group native to Romania, who speak Romanian; they are the majority inhabitants of Romania.... |
Hungarians | Germans Germans The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages.... |
Roma | Ukrainians Ukrainians Ukrainians are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine, which is the sixth-largest nation in Europe. The Constitution of Ukraine applies the term 'Ukrainians' to all its citizens... |
Other Other The Other or Constitutive Other is a key concept in continental philosophy; it opposes the Same. The Other refers, or attempts to refer, to that which is Other than the initial concept being considered... |
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| 1850 | 3.437 | 3.311 | 9 | - | 117 | |
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| 1857 | 3.578 |
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| 1880 | 3.419 | 3.140 | 124 | 10 | 147 | |
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| 1890 | 3.383 | 3.164 | 158 | 9 | 52 | |
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| 1900 | 3.435 | 3.223 | 145 | 34 | 33 | | 1 |
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| 1910 | 3.580 | 3315 | 177 | 25 | 63 | 5 | 1 |
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| 1920 | 3.620 | 3.569 | 37 | | 14 | | |
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| 1930 | 3.519 | 3.442 | 38 | 7 | 32 | |
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| 1941 | 3.312 | 3.69 | 18 | - | 225 | |
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| 1956 | 3.254 | 2.956 | 20 | 2 | 276 | |
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| 1966 | 3.135 | 2.867 | 23 | - | 245 | |
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| 1977 | 2.822 | 2.351 | 9 | 3 | 459 | |
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| 1992 | 2.619 | 1.575 | 11 | 1 | 1.032 | |
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| 2002 | 2.635 | 2.005 | 11 | 0 | 616 | 1 | 2 |
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