Căpâlnița

Căpâlnița (Hungarian: Kápolnásfalu, Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈkaːpolnaːʃfɒlu], meaning "Village with a Chapel") is a commune in Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania. It is composed of a single village, Căpâlnița.

Căpâlnița Kápolnásfalu
Commune
Location in Harghita County
Căpâlnița Location in Romania
Coordinates: 46°22′N 25°31′E
Country	Romania
County	Harghita
Government
• Mayor (2020–2024)	László Benedek[1] (AMT)
Area	26.5 km2 (10.2 sq mi)
Population  (2021-12-01)[2]	2,036
• Density	77/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Postal code	537030
Area code	+40 266
Vehicle reg.	HR
Website	www.kapolnasfalu.ro

History

The village belonged to Udvarhelyszék district until the administrative reform of Transylvania in 1876, when they fell within the Udvarhely County in the Kingdom of Hungary. After the Treaty of Trianon of 1920, they became part of Romania and fell within Odorhei County during the interwar period. In 1940, the second Vienna Award granted the Northern Transylvania to Hungary and the villages were held by Hungary until 1944. After Soviet occupation, the Romanian administration returned and the commune became officially part of Romania in 1947. Between 1952 and 1960, the commune fell within the Magyar Autonomous Region, between 1960 and 1968 the Mureș-Magyar Autonomous Region. In 1968, the province was abolished, and since then, the commune has been part of Harghita County.

Demographics

At the 2011 census, the commune had a population of 2,026; out of them, 95% were Hungarian, 4% were Roma and 0.2% were Romanian.^[3] 96% of the commune population are Roman Catholic, 1% are Reformed, 1% are Unitarian and 0.2% are Orthodox.^[4]

References

1. "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 8 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.

Panorama over the village