Covasna County

Covasna (IPA: [ko.'vas.na], Hungarian: Kovászna) is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in Transylvania. The capital of Covasna County is Sfântu Gheorghe.

Covasna
County (Judeţ)
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 45.8970°N 25.9496°E / 45.8970; 25.9496
Country	Romania
Development region1	Centru
Historic region	Transylvania
Capital city (Resedinţă de judeţ)	Sfântu Gheorghe
Government
• Type	County Board
• President of the County Board	János Demeter (UDMR)
• Prefect2	Ervin György
Area
• Total	3,710 km2 (1,430 sq mi)
Population  (2002)
• Total	222,449
• Density	60/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code	52wxyz3
Area code	+40 x674
Car Plates	CV5
Website	County Board County Prefecture

Geography

Covasna County has an area of 3,710 km².

Divisions

Covasna County has 2 municipalities, 3 towns and 40 communes. The places have an absolute and relative Hungarian majority, Hungarian names of them are given in parenthesis.

Municipalities

• Sfântu Gheorghe (Sepsiszentgyörgy) - capital city; population: 61,543
• Târgu Secuiesc (Kézdivásárhely)

Towns

• Covasna (Kovászna)
• Baraolt (Barót)
• Întorsura Buzăului

Communes

Aita Mare (Nagyajta) Arcuş (Árkos) Barcani Băţani (Nagybacon) Belin (Bölön) Bixad (Seksibükszád) Bodoc (Sepsibodok) Boroşneu Mare (Nagyborosnyó) Brăduţ (Bardoc) Brateş (Barátos)

Breţcu (Bereck) Catalina (Szentkatolna) Cernat (Csernáton) Chichiş (Kökös) Comandău (Kommandó) Dalnic (Dálnok) Dobârlău Estelnic (Esztelnek) Ghelinţa (Gelence) Ghidfalău (Gidófalva)

Hăghig (Hídvég) Ilieni (Illyefalva) Lemnia (Lemhény) Malnaş (Málnás) Mereni (Kézdialmás) Micfalău (Mikóújfalu) Moacşa (Maksa) Ojdula (Ozsdola) Ozun (Uzon) Poian (Kézdiszentkereszt)

Reci (Réty) Sânzieni (Kézdiszentlélek) Sita Buzăului Turia (Torja) Vâlcele Valea Crişului (Sepsikőröspatak) Valea Mare Vârghiş (Vargyas) Zăbala (Zabola) Zagon (Zágon)

Other websites

• www.covasna.ro Archived 2001-01-24 at the Wayback Machine - site of Covasna