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25-598: The commune is located at the southern extremity of Covasna County, 42 km (26 mi) southeast of the county seat, Sfântu Gheorghe , on the border with Brașov and Buzău counties. It is situated at an altitude of 689 m (2,260 ft), on the banks of the Buzău River and its tributaries, the Crasna and the Harțag . Sita Buzăului is crossed by national road DN10 , which runs from Brașov , 48 km (30 mi) to

50-498: A billion euros (477,199,849 EUR) turnover, with a staggering 10.78% increase in volume compared to the preceding year's income. One of Covasna County's main industrial sectors is the ready-made garment industry, where processing companies are owned by German investors, who started to establish first brown-field investments in 1992, and since then they operate nine factories producing yearly 5 million trousers for brands like Bosch , Meyer, and Wegener. Other privately owned companies in

75-405: A population of 4,814, of which 99.81% or 4,805 were Romanians; other minorities were Hungarians and Germans , respectively 0.16% and 0.02% of the population. At the 2011 census , Sita Buzăului had a population of 4,584, of which 98.71% were Romanians. At the 2021 census , the number of inhabitants had increased 4,722, of which 96.65% were Romanians. This Covasna County location article

100-463: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Sf%C3%A2ntu Gheorghe Sfântu Gheorghe ( pronounced [ˈsfɨntu ˈɡe̯orɡe] ; Hungarian : Sepsiszentgyörgy or Szentgyörgy [ˈʃɛpʃisɛɲɟørɟ] ; Yiddish : סנט דזשארדזש ; English lit. : Saint George ) is a city that serves as the seat of Covasna County in Transylvania , Romania . Located in

125-581: Is home to the Székely National Museum. The town hosts two market fairs each year. At the 2021 census , the city had a population of 50,080; of those, 69.25% were Hungarians and 18.93% Romanians . At the 2011 census , 41,233 (74%) of the city's 56,006 inhabitants declared themselves as ethnic Hungarians , 11,807 (21%) as Romanians, 398 (0.7%) as Roma , and 2,562 as other ethnicities or no information; 74% had Hungarian as first language, and 21% Romanian . The predominant industry in

150-714: Is important to mention Poliprod, the French owned family business of Champrenaut Group involved in steel work, locksmithery, welding, machining or the major producer of electric ceramic heaters in Eastern Europe, member of the Canadian Delta Group. This industry can build up its workforce with new students from the large technical university in Brasov. Covalact is a well-known national dairy product brand, now owned by Dutch investors. Another milk processing plant

175-614: Is in emerging state, Covasna County's strategy for development plans to use this field of activity as one pillar for development. Many new start-ups are in the area successful deploying large projects for sound international companies. Many young technicians arrive from universities. Agriculture represents 4.83% of Covasna County's economy, mainly producing varieties of potatoes, several companies being able to supply selected and packaged crops for hyper-markets. Other agricultural products are rapeseed, grains, and cabbage. Covasna County, with many mineral water springs, has developed during history

200-717: Is under brand Olympus, with Greek investors, establishing its headquarters in the county. Meat processing companies are the Bertis and Toro Impex, who are regionally active players, while the Norvegian Orkla food producing network has a meat canning plant in Covasna. Dunapack, a member of the Austrian Prizhorn, supplies corrugated cardboard boxes to almost all industry branches, from FMCG to fruit, vegetables, and electronics. While IT&C as an industry sector

225-580: The Kingdom of Hungary , the town was the economic and administrative center of the Hungarian county of Háromszék , which spanned the present-day Covasna County and parts of Brașov County . In the second half of the 19th century, Sepsiszentgyörgy witnessed the development of light industry, a textile and a cigarette factory being built. In the aftermath of World War I , the Union of Transylvania with Romania

250-758: The 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, and 2023 seasons. The city also has a futsal team which plays in the Romanian First Division. The name of the team is Futsal Club Sfântu Gheorghe ( Sepsiszentgyörgyi Futsal Club ). The city has two theaters (the Andrei Mureșanu Theater and the Tamási Áron Theater), a county library (the Covasna County Library  [ ro ] ), and two museums (the National Museum of

275-459: The Cathedral. On September 28, 2024, a bust of Archpriest Aurel Nistor (1882-1974) was unveiled, by Moldovan sculptor Veaceslav Jiglițchi. Covasna County Covasna County ( Romanian pronunciation: [koˈvasna] , Hungarian : Kovászna megye , Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈkovaːsnɒ] ) is a county ( județ ) of Romania , in eastern Transylvania , with

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300-675: The Eastern Carpathians  [ ro ] and the Székely National Museum  [ ro ] ). The Hungarian artist Jenő Gyárfás was born there and was a lifelong resident. His former studio is now an art gallery and exhibition hall. The Orthodox Cathedral of “St. George the Great Martyr and St. Nicholas” was built from 1939 to 1983. In 1993 the Museum of Romanian Spirituality was established at

325-494: The ProWood Cluster in the interest of the industry. A few years ago automotive industry suppliers were established, with two new plants producing steering wheels and electric circuits for vehicles. The automotive industry suppliers from Covasna and neighboring Braşov are offers a vast pallet of competitive products, from boards for Mercedes cars to Airbus helicopters, while having a good potential for growth. Nevertheless,

350-659: The central part of the country, it lies on the Olt River in a valley between the Baraolt Mountains and the Bodoc Mountains  [ ro ] . The town administers two villages, Chilieni ( Kilyén ) and Coșeni ( Szotyor ). Sfântu Gheorghe is one of the oldest urban settlements in Transylvania, the town first having been documented in 1332. The town takes its name from Saint George , the patron of

375-667: The city is football. The city has a men's football team, called Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe (Sepsiszentgyörgyi OSK). In the 2016–2017 season the team was promoted from Liga II and currently plays in Liga I . Sfântu Gheorghe has also a women's basketball team, called ACS Sepsi SIC . The club competes in Liga Națională (the Romanian First League). Sepsi SIC has won the Romanian Championship 7 times: in

400-481: The city is the textile industry. The city holds underutilized production capabilities such as a downsized automobile transmission parts and gearboxes factory (IMASA SA) and a tobacco factory ( ȚIGARETE SA  [ ro ] ). Services sector contains growing areas such as IT services with ROMARG SRL the leading domain registrar and web hosting provider in Romania having its headquarters here. The main sport in

425-413: The county seat at Sfântu Gheorghe . In 2011, it had a population of 210,177, making it the second least populous of Romania's 41 counties and the population density was 55.6 inhabitants per square kilometre (144/sq mi). In 2002 the ethnic composition of the county was as follows: According to the 2011 census , the composition of the county was: According to the 2021 census , the composition of

450-532: The county was: Covasna County has the second-greatest percentage of Hungarian population in Romania , just behind the neighboring county of Harghita . The Hungarians of Covasna are primarily Székelys . Covasna county has a total area of 3,710 km (1,430 sq mi). The main part of the relief consists of mountains from the Eastern Carpathians group. Most localities can be found in

475-500: The field of textiles, producing different articles; some of them have their own brand, while the others work in lohn systems. In 2015 the Schweighoffer Holzindustrie started, after investing 150 million EUR in a new plant for primary wood processing . With the rich forested areas, Covasna has a long tradition of sawn timber export and production of furniture and other finished wooden products. Recently created

500-685: The local church. Historically, it was also known in German as Sankt Georgen . The "sepsi" prefix ( sebesi → sepsi , meaning "of Sebes") refers to the area which the ancestors of the local Székely population had inhabited before settling to the area of the town. The previous area of their settlement was around the town of "Sebes" (now Sebeș , in Alba County ) which later became populated mainly by Transylvanian Saxons ( German : Siebenbürger Sachsen ), being known as Mühlbach in German. While part of

525-472: The town. In September 1944, during World War II , Romanian and Soviet armies entered the town. The territory of Northern Transylvania remained under Soviet military administration until March 9, 1945, after which it became again part of Romania; the Paris Peace Treaties of 1947 reaffirmed the town and the entirety of Transylvania as a Romanian territory. Between 1952 and 1960, Sfântu Gheorghe

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550-839: The valleys and depressions located along the different rivers crossing the county. The main river is the Olt River ; along its banks lies the capital city Sfântu Gheorghe . Covasna County's industry's main sectors are food industry (33.79%), ready-made garment and textile (21.93%), wood and wooden products (14.98%), metals, machines and automotive suppliers (10.31%), building materials (9.68%). Other sectors of industry are chemicals (4.67%), toys (2.02%), water (1.09%), printing (0.45%), energy (0.13%), jewelry (0.05%), and other industrial activities (0.83%). Industry represents 42.53% of Covasna County's economy. The other main sectors are trade with 30.98%, services 11.38%, agriculture 9.71%, construction 5.78%, and R&D and high-tech 2.63%. Companies from Covasna County's industry produced in 2014 almost half

575-597: The west, to Buzău , 108 km (67 mi) to the southeast, crossing the Carpathian Mountains through the Buzău Pass . It is also crossed by national road DN13E  [ ro ] , which starts in the nearby town of Întorsura Buzăului , passes through Covasna and Sfântu Gheorghe, and ends in Feldioara , Brașov County. The commune has absolute ethnic Romanian majority. At the 2002 census, it had

600-735: Was declared in December 1918. At the start of the Hungarian–Romanian War of 1918–1919, the town passed under Romanian administration. After the Treaty of Trianon of 1920, it became part of the Kingdom of Romania and the seat of Trei Scaune County . In 1940, the Second Vienna Award granted Northern Transylvania to the Kingdom of Hungary . Near the end of that period, the Sfântu Gheorghe ghetto briefly existed in

625-644: Was the southernmost town of the Magyar Autonomous Region , and between 1960 and 1968 it was part of the Brașov Region . In 1968, when Romania was reorganized based on counties rather than regions, the city became the seat of Covasna County. Sfântu Gheorghe is one of the centres for the Székely people in the region, known to them as Székelyföld in Hungarian – which means "Székely Land", and

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