Avrămești

For other places with the same name, see Avrămești (disambiguation).

Avrămești Szentábrahám
Commune
Municipal office
Location in Harghita County
Avrămești Location in Romania
Coordinates: 46°20′N 25°01′E
Country	Romania
County	Harghita
Government
• Mayor (2020–2024)	Dezső-Szabolcs Simó[1] (UDMR)
Area	28.19 km^2 (10.88 sq mi)
Population  (2021-12-01)[2]	2,324
• Density	82/km^2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone	EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Postal code	537010
Area code	+40 266
Vehicle reg.	HR
Website	www.szentabraham.ro

Avrămești (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
Avrămești	Szentábrahám
Cechești	Csekefalva
Firtănuș	Firtosmartonos
Goagiu	Gagy
Medișoru Mic	Kismedesér
Laz-Firtănuș	Firtosmartonosi Láz
Laz-Șoimuș	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

At the 2011 census, the commune had a population of 2,465; out of them, 2,105 (85.4%) were Hungarian, 278 (11.3%) were Roma and 17 (0.7%) were Romanian.[3] 65% of the commune population are Unitarian, 17% are Reformed, 6% are Roman Catholic and 1% are Orthodox.[4]

References

1. "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
2. "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
3. Tab8. Populaţia stabilă după etnie – judeţe, municipii, oraşe, comune, 2011 census results, Institutul Național de Statistică, accessed 19 February 2020.
4. Tab13. Populaţia stabilă după religie – judeţe, municipii, oraşe, comune, 2011 census results, Institutul Național de Statistică, accessed 19 February 2020.

External links

• Home page of the commune (in Hungarian)