The Olt ( Romanian and Hungarian ; German : Alt ; Latin : Aluta or Alutus , Turkish : Oltu , Ancient Greek : Ἄλυτος Alytos ) is a river in Romania . It is 615 km (382 mi) long, and its basin area is 24,050 km (9,290 sq mi). It is the longest river flowing exclusively through Romania. Its average discharge at the mouth is 174 m/s (6,100 cu ft/s). It originates in the Hășmaș Mountains of the eastern Carpathian Mountains , near Bălan , rising close to the headwaters of the river Mureș . The Olt flows through the Romanian counties of Harghita , Covasna , Brașov , Sibiu , Vâlcea , and Olt . The river was known as Alutus or Aluta in Roman antiquity. Olt County and the historical province of Oltenia are named after the river.
16-1712: Sfântu Gheorghe , Râmnicu Vâlcea and Slatina are the main cities on the river Olt. The Olt flows into the Danube river near Turnu Măgurele . The main cities along the river Olt are Miercurea Ciuc , Sfântu Gheorghe , Făgăraș , Râmnicu Vâlcea and Slatina . The Olt passes through the following communes, from source to mouth: Bălan , Sândominic , Tomești , Cârța , Dănești , Mădăraș , Racu , Siculeni , Ciceu , Miercurea Ciuc , Sâncrăieni , Sântimbru , Sânsimion , Tușnad , Băile Tușnad , Bixad , Micfalău , Malnaș , Bodoc , Ghidfalău , Sfântu Gheorghe , Ilieni , Prejmer , Hărman , Vâlcele , Bod , Feldioara , Hăghig , Măieruș , Belin , Apața , Aita Mare , Ormeniș , Baraolt , Augustin , Racoș , Hoghiz , Ungra , Comăna , Părău , Șercaia , Mândra , Făgăraș , Beclean , Voila , Viștea , Ucea , Arpașu de Jos , Cârța , Porumbacu de Jos , Avrig , Racovița , Tălmaciu , Turnu Roșu , Boița , Câineni , Racovița , Brezoi , Călimănești , Dăești , Bujoreni , Râmnicu Vâlcea , Budești , Mihăești , Galicea , Băbeni , Ionești , Olanu , Drăgoești , Orlești , Dobroteasa , Prundeni , Vulturești , Verguleasa , Drăgășani , Voicești , Teslui , Grădinari , Strejești , Curtișoara , Pleșoiu , Găneasa, Olt , Slatina , Slătioara , Milcov , Piatra-Olt , Brâncoveni , Ipotești , Osica de Sus , Coteana , Fălcoiu , Mărunței , Drăgănești-Olt , Fărcașele , Stoenești , Dăneasa , Gostavățu , Sprâncenata , Băbiciu , Scărișoara , Rusănești , Cilieni , Tia Mare , Izbiceni , Lunca , Giuvărăști and Islaz . The following rivers are tributaries of
32-581: 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
48-479: Is situated on the Wallachian Plain . It lies on the left bank of the river Olt , at an altitude of approximately 100 m (330 ft). It is located in the central part of Olt County, at a distance of 35 km (22 mi) from the county seat, Slatina , and 65 km (40 mi) north of Turnu Măgurele . The town is crossed by county road DJ546, which meets national road DN6 a few miles to
64-580: 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
80-758: 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
96-525: The 43 hydropower plants in the Olt basin was 2,980 GWh in 1996. 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
112-563: The Cathedral. On September 28, 2024, a bust of Archpriest Aurel Nistor (1882-1974) was unveiled, by Moldovan sculptor Veaceslav Jiglițchi. Dr%C4%83g%C4%83ne%C8%99ti-Olt Drăgănești-Olt ( Romanian pronunciation: [drəɡəˌneʃtʲ ˈolt] ) is a town in Olt County , Muntenia , Romania . The first document mentioning it is from 1526. Drăgănești-Olt became a town in 1968. The town administers one village, Comani. The town
128-675: 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
144-659: 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
160-667: 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
176-481: 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
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#1732765478189192-685: 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
208-623: The river Olt (from source to mouth): For supply of drinking water and water for irrigation and for the production of hydroelectricity , 44 reservoirs have been built in the Olt river basin. There are 24 reservoirs for hydropower on the river Olt itself, and three on its tributary Lotru . There are hydropower plants at (from source to mouth) Voila, Viștea, Arpaș, Scoreiu, Avrig, Gura Lotrului, Turnu, Călimănești, Dăești, Râmnicu Vâlcea, Râureni, Govora, Băbeni, Ionești, Zăvideni, Drăgășani, Strejești, Arcești, Slatina, Ipotești, Drăgănești, Frunzaru, Rusănești and Izbiceni. The total energy production of
224-472: 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
240-735: 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
256-644: 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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