Apața
Geography
The commune is located in the north-central part of the county, at the extreme north of the Burzenland. It sits on the left bank of the Olt River; the Valea Lungă River discharges into the Olt near Apața.
The Apața train station serves Line 300 of the CFR network, which connects Bucharest with the Hungarian border near Oradea.
Demographics
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 2,995 | — |
| 2011 | 3,169 | +5.8% |
| 2021 | 3,275 | +3.3% |
| Source: Census data | ||
At the 2021 census, Apața had a population of 3,275; of those, 36.82% were Romanians, 28.61% Hungarians, and 24.58% Roma. At the 2011 census, the commune had 3,169 inhabitants; of those, 45.1% were Romanians, 36.8% Hungarians, and 17.9% Roma. At the 2002 census, 37.8% were Evangelical Lutheran, 36.4% Pentecostal, 20.1% Romanian Orthodox and 2.4% had no religion.
Natives
- János Apáczai Csere (1625 – 1659), polyglot, pedagogist, philosopher, and theologian
References
- ^ "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
- ^ "Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (in Romanian). INSSE. 31 May 2023.
External links
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Church in Apața -
Bust of János Apáczai Csere
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