Sântana de Mureș
Sântana de Mureş
Marosszentanna | |
|---|---|
Commune | |
 Reformed (Presbyterian) Church | |
 Location of Sântana de Mureş | |
| Country |  Romania |
| County | Mureş County |
| Status | Commune |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Viorel Bubău (PSD) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 4,266 |
| Ethnicity | |
| • Hungarians | 46.51% |
| • Romanians | 44.23% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Sântana de Mureş (Hungarian: Marosszentanna, Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈmɒroʃsɛntɒnnɒ]; ‹See Tfd›German: Sankt Anna an der Mieresch) is a commune in Mureş County, Romania, composed of four villages:
| In Romanian | In Hungarian |
|---|---|
| Bărdeşti | Marosbárdos |
| Chinari | Várhegy |
| Curteni | Udvarfalva |
| Sântana de Mureş | Marosszentanna |
History
Ancient times
The Sântana de Mureș-Chernyakhov culture which flourished between the 2nd and 5th centuries AD in Eastern Europe was named after the sites discovered at Sântana de Mureș in Romania and Cherniakhiv in Ukraine. The culture was spread across what today constitutes Ukraine, Romania, Moldova, and parts of Belarus. It probably corresponds to the Gothic kingdom of Oium as described by Jordanes in his work Getica, but it is nonetheless the result of a poly-ethnic cultural mélange of the Gothic, Getae-Dacian, Sarmatian and Slavic populations of the area.[1][2]
Modern times
Sântana de Mureș was part of the Székely Land region of Transylvania. Until 1918, the village belonged to the Maros-Torda County of the Kingdom of Hungary. After the Treaty of Trianon of 1920, it became part of Romania.
Demographics
The commune has an ethnically mixed population, with a relative Hungarian majority.[citation needed] According to the 2002 Romanian Census, it has a population of 4,266 of which 46.51% or 1,984 are Hungarian and 44.23% or 1,887 are Romanians.[citation needed]
See also
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References
- ^ “In the past, the association of this [Černjachov] culture with the Goths was highly contentious, but important methodological advances have made it irresistible.” The Cambridge Ancient History, Vol. 13: The Late Empire, p. 488 (1998)
- ^ Peter J. Heather, John Matthews, 1991, The Goths in the Fourth Century, pp. 88-92.
