Aita Mare (,
Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a commune in
Covasna County
Covasna County (, , ) is a county (județ) of Romania, in eastern Transylvania, with the county seat at Sfântu Gheorghe.
Demographics
In 2011, it had a population of 210,177, making it the second least populous of Romania's 41 counties and the ...
,
Transylvania
Transylvania ( or ; ; or ; Transylvanian Saxon dialect, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Siweberjen'') is a List of historical regions of Central Europe, historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and ...
,
Romania
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, composed of two villages: Aita Mare and Aita Medie (''Középajta'').
The commune is located in the western part of the county, on the border with
Brașov County
Brașov County () is a county (județ) of Transylvania, Romania. Its capital city is Brașov. The county incorporates within its boundaries most of the Medieval "lands" (''țări'') Burzenland and Făgăraș.
Name
In Hungarian language, Hungari ...
. It formed part of the
Székely Land
The Székely Land or Szeklerland (, , Old Hungarian script, Székely runes: 𐲥𐳋𐳓𐳉𐳗𐳌𐳞𐳖𐳇; and sometimes ; ; ) is a historic and ethnographic area in present-day Romania, inhabited mainly by Székelys, a subgroup of Hung ...
region of the historical Transylvania province.
Demographics
The commune has an absolute
Székely Hungarian majority. At the
2011 census, Aita Mare had a population of 1,715, of which 90.15% were Hungarian and 8.8%
Romanian
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*anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania
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. At the
2021 census, the commune had a population of 1,626, of which 90.65% were Hungarian and 7.63% Romanian.
Gallery
File:Nagyajtai varfal reszlet.JPG, Unitarian church
File:Unitarius templombelso.JPG, Unitarian church
File:Nagyajta (2).JPG, Unitarian church
File:Esketoi szekek.JPG, Wedding chairs
File:Nagyajtai reformatus templom.JPG, Reformed church
File:Nagyajat Kriza Janos emlekhaz.JPG, Kriza János memorial house
File:Nagyajtai r templom.JPG, The old Orthodox church
References
{{Covasna County
Communes in Covasna County
Localities in Transylvania