Rimetea
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Rimetea (until 1925 Trascău; ; ) is a commune located in Alba County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Colțești (formerly Sângeorzul Trascăului; Torockószentgyörgy; Sankt Georgen) and Rimetea. A former mining town, today it is known as the location of the Piatra Secuiului (Hungarian: Székelykő, lit. "Rock of the Szeklers") mountain.
Key facts
- Romanian subdivision.type
- commune
- Romanian subdivision.county
- Alba
- Romanian subdivision.official_name
- Rimetea
- Romanian subdivision.other_name
- Torockó
- Romanian subdivision.image_skyline
- Rimetea.JPG
- Romanian subdivision.image_caption
- View of Rimetea from Piatra Secuiului
- Romanian subdivision.image_map
- Rimetea jud Alba.png
- Romanian subdivision.map_caption
- Location in Alba County
- Romanian subdivision.leader_name
- Szilárd-Levente Deák-Székely
- Romanian subdivision.leader_party
- UDMR
- Romanian subdivision.term
- 2020–2024
- Romanian subdivision.elevation
- 678
- Romanian subdivision.area_total
- 57.37
- Romanian subdivision.population_total
- auto
- Romanian subdivision.postal_code
- 517610
- Romanian subdivision.area_code
- (+40) 02 58
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of Romania
- Official name
- Rimetea
- Country
- Kingdom of Hungary
- Located in
- Alba County
- Capital
- Rimetea
- Population
- 1015
- Area
- 57.370000
- Elevation
- 678
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Official website
- www.primariarimetea.ro
- Image
- Situl rural Rimetea.jpg
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- twinned administrative body
- Csömör
- contains settlement
- Colțești
- Commons category
- Rimetea commune, Alba
- postal code
- 517610
- different from
- Rimetea
- native label
- Torockó
- phone number
- +40-258768001
- street address
- Str.Principala nr.34, Com.Rimetea, Jud.Alba, Cod postal 517610
- population by native language
- 879
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- historical region
- Transylvania
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Etymology
- History
- Antiquity and Roman Period
- Demographics
- Natives
- References
Rimetea (until 1925 Trascău; ; ) is a commune located in Alba County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Colțești (formerly Sângeorzul Trascăului; Torockószentgyörgy; Sankt Georgen) and Rimetea. A former mining town, today it is known as the location of the Piatra Secuiului (Hungarian: Székelykő, lit. "Rock of the Szeklers") mountain.
As of 2011, Rimetea had a majority Hungarian population, at 85%. The village has a strong cultural significance for Hungarians and Transylvanian-Hungarians, and is home to a Szekler ethnographic museum. In 1999, the village was given the Europa Nostra award.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rimetea” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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