Avrămești

Avrămeşti Szentábrahám
Commune
Location of Avrămeşti
Avrămeşti Location of Avrămeşti
Coordinates: 46°20′0″N 25°1′0″E / 46.33333°N 25.01667°ECoordinates: 46°20′0″N 25°1′0″E / 46.33333°N 25.01667°E
Country	Romania
County	Harghita County
Status	Commune
Government
• Mayor	Szöcs Béla[1] (Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania)
Area
• Total	28.19 km^2 (10.88 sq mi)
Population (2002)
• Total	2,517
• Density	88.28/km^2 (228.6/sq mi)
Ethnicity[2]
• Hungarians	97.69%
• Gypsies	1.74%
• Romanians	0.55%
Religion
• Unitarian	73.65%
• Reformed	17.79%
• Roman Catholic	4.88%
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal Code	537010
Area code(s)	+40 266
Website	www.szentabraham.ro

Avrămeşti (Hungarian: Szentábrahám, Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈsɛntɒbrɒhaːm], meaning "St. Abraham") 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 eight villages:

In Romanian	In Hungarian
Andreeni	Magyarandrásfalva
Avrămeşti	Szentábrahám
Cecheşti	Csekefalva
Firtănuş	Firtosmartonos
Goagiu	Gagy
Medişoru Mic	Kismedesér
Laz-Firtănuş	Firtosmartonosi Láz
Laz-Şoimuş	Solymosi Láz

History

Before the 1876 administrative reform of Transylvania, the village formed part of the Székely seat of Udvarhelyszék, then becoming, until 1918, a part of Udvarhely County in the Kingdom of Hungary. After the Treaty of Trianon of 1920, it became part of Romania.

Demographics

The commune has an absolute Székely (Hungarian) majority. According to the 2002 census it has a population of 2,517 of which 97.69% or 2,459 are Hungarian.^[3]

References

1. (Romanian) alegeri.tv - Alegeri locale 2012 - Rezultate alegeri Primăria Avrămeşti, judeţul Harghita; retrieved on March 25, 2013
2. Romanian Census 2002
3. Romanian Census 2002

External links

• Home page of the commune (Hungarian)