Brădești, Harghita

Brădești (Hungarian: Fenyéd, Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈfɛɲeːd]) is a commune in Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania. The commune is composed of two villages: Brădești and Târnovița (Küküllőkeményfalva).

Brădești Fenyéd
Commune
Location in Harghita County
Brădești Location in Romania
Coordinates: 46°20′20″N 25°20′30″E
Country	Romania
County	Harghita
Government
• Mayor (2020–2024)	Botond Bokor[1] (UDMR)
Area	16.79 km2 (6.48 sq mi)
Elevation	496 m (1,627 ft)
Population  (2021-12-01)[2]	2,122
• Density	130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zone	EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Postal code	537025
Area code	+(40) 266
Vehicle reg.	HR
Website	www.fenyedkozseg.ro

History

Until the reorganization of the system of the local administration of Transylvania in 1876, the village belonged to the Udvarhelyszék, afterwards to Udvarhely County in the Kingdom of Hungary. In the aftermath of World War I, the Union of Transylvania with Romania was declared in December 1918. At the start of the Hungarian–Romanian War of 1918–1919, the locality passed under Romanian administration. After the Treaty of Trianon of 1920, it became part of the Kingdom of Romania and fell within plasa Odorhei of Odorhei County during the interwar period.

In 1940, the Second Vienna Award granted Northern Transylvania to Hungary. Towards the end of World War II, Romanian and Soviet armies entered the area in September 1944. The territory of Northern Transylvania remained under Soviet military administration until 9 March 1945, after which it became again part of Romania. In 1950, after Communist Romania was established, Brădești became part of the Odorhei Raion of Stalin Region. Between 1952 and 1960, the commune fell within the Magyar Autonomous Region, between 1960 and 1968 the Mureș-Magyar Autonomous Region. After the administrative reform of 1968, the region was abolished, and since then, the commune has been part of Harghita County.

Demographics

At the 2011 census, the commune had a population of 1,915; out of them, 1,871 (97.7%) were Hungarians, 20 (1.0%) were Romanians, and 3 (0.2%) were Roma.^[3] 83% of the commune population were Roman Catholic, 10% are Reformed, 4% were Unitarian, and 1% were Orthodox.^[4] At the 2021 census, Brădești had 2,122 inhabitants; of those, 92.18% were Hungarians, and 1.79% Roma.^[5]

References

1. "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 9 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. Populația stabilă după etnie – județe, municipii, orașe, comune, 2011 census results, Institutul Național de Statistică, accessed 19 February 2020.
4. Tab13. Populația stabilă după religie – județe, municipii, orașe, comune, 2011 census results, Institutul Național de Statistică, accessed 19 February 2020.
5. "Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (in Romanian). INSSE. 31 May 2023.

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  Catholic church in Brădești
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  Brădești
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  Catholic church in Târnovița
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  Târnovița