Brețcu

Brețcu
Bereck
Commune

Coat of arms

Location of Brețcu
Coordinates: 46°3′0″N 26°18′0″E / 46.05000°N 26.30000°E / 46.05000; 26.30000Coordinates: 46°3′0″N 26°18′0″E / 46.05000°N 26.30000°E / 46.05000; 26.30000
Country  Romania
County Covasna County
Status Commune
Government
 • Mayor Zoltán Dimény (Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania)
Population (2011)
 • Total 3,510
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)

Brețcu (Romanian: [ˈbret͡sku]  listen in Romanian; Hungarian: Bereck, Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈbɛrɛtsk]; Latin: Angustia) is a commune in Covasna County, Transylvania, Romania composed of three villages:

  • Brețcu / Bereck
  • Mărtănuș / Kézdimartonos
  • Oituz / Ojtoztelep

The village has been recorded under different names: Bereczk (1476), Breczko (1482-1496), Bretzku (1787 and 1850) and Bereck (1854).

The Roman castra and settlement of Angustia and is located on the east side of the village. G. Popa Lisseanu argued that Brețcu was an old Romanian land mentioned in 1426 by King Sigismund in an official document.[1] In that document, King Sigismund offered privileges to Romanians and to their Duke (the names of some Romanians were cited: Ioan and Radul, Țacu's son). The document contains the first attestation of Brețcu village.

Demographics

Position of the Roman castra of Angustia in Brețcu

According to the 2011 census, the commune has a population of 3,510 of which 72.68% or 2,551 are Székely Hungarians.

Personalities

Áron Gábor, hero of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 was born here in 1814.

References

  1. ↑ G. Popa Lisseanu, Originea secuilor și secuizarea românilor, Ed. Pur Și Simplu, Bucharest, 2003, p. 69, ISBN 973-86261-4-5
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.