Cristuru Secuiesc

Cristuru Secuiesc Székelykeresztúr
Town
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Coordinates:
Country	Romania
County	Harghita County
Status	Town
Government
• Mayor	Lajos Benyovszki (Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania)
Population (2002)
• Total	9,672
Ethnicity
• Hungarians	95.13%
• Romanians	2.27%
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Website	www.keresztur.ro

Cristuru Secuiesc (Romanian pronunciation: [ˌkristuru sekuˈjesk]; Hungarian: Székelykeresztúr, pronounced [ˈseːkɛjkɛrɛstuːr]) is a town in Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania.

The town administers two villages:

• Beteşti / Betfalva, part of Mugeni until 2004
• Filiaş / Fiatfalva

History

The town was part of the Székely Land area of the historical Transylvania province. It belonged to Udvarhelyszék until the administrative reform of Transylvania in 1876, when it fell within the Udvarhely County of the Kingdom of Hungary. After the Treaty of Trianon of 1920, it 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 town was held by Hungary until 1944. After Soviet occupation, the Romanian administration returned and it became officially part of Romania in 1947. Between 1952 and 1960, the town fell within the Magyar Autonomous Region, between 1960 and 1968 the Mureş-Magyar Autonomous Region. In 1968, the province was abolished, and since then, the town has been part of Harghita County.

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1956	5,194	—
1966	5,942	+14.4%
1977	7,197	+21.1%
1992	10,611	+47.4%
2002	11,291	+6.4%
2011	9,491	−15.9%
Source: Census data

File:Székelykeresztúri társaság - 1930 -as évek vége.tif

Hometown folks at the end of the 1930s

As of the Romanian census of 2002, the town has a population of 9,672 of whom 9,201 (95.13%) are ethnic Hungarians, 2.47 ethnic Roma, 2.27% ethnic Romanians and 0.12% others.

Demographic movements according to census data:

In terms of religion, 46.02% of its inhabitants are Reformed, 35.99% are Unitarian, 14.27% are Roman Catholic, 2.33% are Romanian Orthodox.

Sights

The Unitarian Gimnazium (secondary school) was established in the 18th century. The Catholic church has medieval murals.

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Romania

Twin towns – Sister cities

Cristuru Secuiesc is twinned with:

• Ajka, Hungary

Gallery

• Cristuru Secuiesc Catholic Church.jpg

  Catholic parish church

• Cristuru Secuiesc Szabadság Square.jpg

  Liberty Square

• Târnava Mare near Cristuru Secuiesc.jpg

  River Bank

External links

• Town Website (Hungarian)
• Molnár István Museaum (Hungarian)