Sâncrăieni
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Sâncrăieni Csíkszentkirály |
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View of the village
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 Sâncrăieni
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| Coordinates: 46°18′48″N 25°50′22″E / 46.31333°N 25.83944°E | ||
| Country |
 Romania
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| County | Harghita County | |
| Status | Commune | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Ernő Székely (Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 53.30 km2 (20.58 sq mi) | |
| Population (2002) | ||
| • Total | 2,478 | |
| • Density | 45.92/km2 (118.9/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
| Postal Code | 537265 | |
| Area code(s) | +40 266 | |
| Website | www.csikszentkiraly.ro | |
Sâncrăieni (Hungarian: Csíkszentkirály or colloquially Szentkirály, Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈtʃiːksɛnkiraːj], German: Heilkönig, both meaning "holy king" and referring to King St Stephen of Hungary) is a commune in Harghita County, Romania. Composed of a single village, Sâncrăieni, it lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania. The former Romanian name was Ciuc-Sâncraiu.
The village is situated on the two banks of the Olt River at the northernmost end of the Lower Ciuc Basin 7 km from Miercurea Ciuc. It lies just in front of the Jigod pass which divides the Ciuc basin into its upper and lower part. The village is bounded by the foothills of the Ciuc Mountains in the east and by the Harghita range in the west.
The commune has an absolute Székely Hungarian majority. According to the 2002 census it had a population of 6,194 of which 98.13% or 6,078 were Hungarian. In Sâncrăieni proper, the 2002 census reported a population of 2478, with 97.41% of the respondents (2414 persons) being Hungarians.
As to religion, 97.48% of the respondents was reported to be Roman Catholic, 1.1% Reformed Protestant and 0.98% Eastern Orthodox.
The commune is composed of a single village, Sâncrăieni.
The area of the village has been inhabited since ancient times. Excavations revealed finds from the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age. In 1954, in a nearby andesite mine a Dacian silver treasure and a drinking set was found. In the Sütőkert diggings revealed traces of a settlement from the era of the Árpád dynasty.
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