Cața
The commune is located in the northernmost part of the county, on the border with Harghita and Mureș counties. Cața village—the administrative center of the commune—is 69 km (43 mi) northwest of Brașov (the county seat) and 36 km (22 mi) south of Odorheiu Secuiesc.
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1850 | 4,523 | — |
1920 | 4,709 | +4.1% |
1941 | 4,263 | −9.5% |
1977 | 3,359 | −21.2% |
1992 | 2,491 | −25.8% |
2002 | 2,570 | +3.2% |
2011 | 2,463 | −4.2% |
2021 | 2,571 | +4.4% |
Source: Census data |
At the 2011 census, Cața had 2,463 inhabitants; of those, 44.9% were Romanians, 30.9% Hungarians, and 23.4% Roma. At the 2021 census, the commune had a population of 2,571, of which 42.75% were Romanians, 32.59% Roma, and 18.79% Hungarians.
There are three fortified churches in the commune, at Cața, Beia, and Drăușeni.
The famous Caru' cu Bere restaurant in Bucharest was originally opened as a brewery in 1879 by Ioan Căbășan and his nephews, Ion, Gheorghe, and Nicolae Mircea, all coming from Cața.
Gallery
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Evangelical Lutheran fortified Transylvanian Saxon church of Cața
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Evangelical Lutheran fortified Transylvanian Saxon church of Drăușeni
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The plan of the Evangelical Lutheran Transylvanian Saxon fortified church in Cața
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The plan of the Evangelical Lutheran Transylvanian Saxon fortified church in Drăușeni
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.
- ^ "1879 – "La Carul cu Bere" Brewery". carucubere.ro. Caru' cu Bere. Retrieved February 24, 2024.