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  COVASNA County   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Covasna county is located in central Romania, in the Carpathian curve.
This is the Covasna county which is situated on the middle course of the Olt River in the arch of the Carpathians' Curvature.
Having the municipality of Sfintu Gheorghe as its capital city, the Covasna county is also the county of the old fortified churches, peasant fortresses, wooden gates with dovecots and pillars carved in wood.
www.clubromania.ro /romania/counties/covasna/index.htm   (866 words)

  
 Covasna County - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Covasna (IPA: [ko.'vas.na], Hungarian: Kovászna) is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in Transylvania, with the capital city at Sfântu Gheorghe.
Vrancea County and Bacău County in the East.
Covasna County has the second-greatest percentage of Hungarian population in Romania, just behind the neighboring county of Harghita.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Covasna_County   (243 words)

  
 www.totaltourism.ro - Totul despre Judetul Covasna   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
County situated in the in the central and eastern part of Romania, west of the Eastern Carpathians, on the upper course of the Olt river.
This county has a total area of 3710 sq km, and a population of about 230 847 inhabitants, of which 49,25% are men and 50,75% are women.
The natural scenery dominated by the mountainous massifs that circle the Covasna County, the beauty of the historical and architectonical objectives, the presence of numerous spas and health resorts, the variety of the ethno-folklore elements contribute together to the intense touristic traffic.
www.totaltourism.ro /covasna.php?language=en   (933 words)

  
 Health resorts, SPA Romania, cardiovascular diseases, cardiac neurosis treatment   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Known for the healing microclimate, Covasna spa even gave its county name, called also "the spa of those 1000 health springs" the resort is mainly specialized in the treatment of cardiovascular affections.
Covasna, under this name, was mentioned in documents in 1597 for the first time.
Covasna is one of richest resorts in mineral waters in Romania with a great variety of its physical-chemical compositions.
www.infotourism.ro /balneare/covasna.asp   (787 words)

  
 Covasna Budget Romania accommodation in Romania tourism ANTREC
Covasna County Covasna County is situated in the center of the country, in the curvature of the Carpathians, and is bordered by Brasov, Buzau, Vrancea, Bacau and Harghita counties.
The county?s tourism potential is found in its mineral water springs, forests, unpolluted lakes, and scenic rivers.
Other spas in Covasna County include: Balvanyos: Lying at the foot of the Bodoc Mountains, at an altitude of 850 m, Balvanyos is a permanent spa.
www.antrec.ro /en-9-antrec-covasna.html   (517 words)

  
 VRANCEA County   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Vrancea county is located in the southeast zone of Romania; lying at the bend of the Eastern Carpathians, it represents a genuine connecting link between the three great historical provinces: Moldavia, Wallachia and Transylvania.
Its neighbours are Bacau county in the north, Vaslui and Galati counties in the east, Buzau county in the southeast and Covasna county in the west.
The capital city of this county is the municipality of Focsani with a population of 100,000 inhabitants.
clubromania.ro /romania/counties/vrancea   (1168 words)

  
 Targu Secuiesc (Romania, Covasna)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Târgu Secuiesc (in Hungarian Kézdivásárhely) is a town in Covasna (Kovászna) County of Romania (Transylvania).
In 1910 the settlement was a town in the Háromszék (in Rumanian Treiscãune) County of the Kingdom of Hungary.
The settlement was a town 1952-1960 in the Hungarian Autonomous Region, 1960-1968 in Braºov Region and from 1968 is in Covasna County.
www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/ro-cv-ts.html   (452 words)

  
 Sfantu Gheorghe (Covasna) - Romania Mare   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Sfantu Gheorghe (in Hungarian Sepsiszentgyorgy) is a city in Covasna (Kovaszna) County of Romania (Transylvania).
In 1910 the settlement was a town in the Haromszek (in Romanian Treiscaune) County of the Kingdom of Hungary.
The settlement was a town 1952-1960 in the Hungarian Autonomous Region, 1960-1968 in Braºov Region and from 1968 is a city in Covasna County.
moldova.go.ro /fd/minoritati/orase/sfgheorghefd.htm   (303 words)

  
 Covasna Online
It lies at 35 km from the county town, Sfantu Gheorghe, (on the road no. 121), at 19 km from Targu Secuiesc, at 60 km from Brasov, and 250 km from Bucharest.
The border of Covasna expands from the plain of Raul Negru as far as Lacauti.
The mineral waters and mofettes of Covasna are recommended for the following diseases: heart and blod-vessel troubles (myocarditis, heart valve troubles), skin-affections, diseases of the alimentary canal and endocrine glands, women diseases, locomotor diseases, central and peripheral nervous system diseases respectively.
kovaszna.uw.hu /en/index.php   (756 words)

  
 Visit Transilvania
Covasna County lies in the centre of Romania bordering Brasov County in the west, Harghita County in the North, Bacau County in the east and Buzau County in the south.
Situated in the central part of the town of Covasna, it is in fact a hole in the shape of a well, where eruptions (carbon dioxide releases) of the mud bubbles take place.
Gheorghe is the capital of the county and it is 30 km far from Brasov and 600 metres above the sea level.
www.visittransilvania.ro /show_atractions.php?language=english&district=Covasna   (447 words)

  
 Baraolt (Romania, Covasna)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Baraolt (in Hungarian Barót) is a town in Covasna / Kovászna county (formerly Háromszék, Székely Land).
The settlement was in Miklósvár district of Háromszék county of the Kingdom of Hungary.
1945-1951 in Treiscaune county, 1951-1960 in Hungarian Autonomous Region, 1960-1968 in Brasov Region and from 1968 in Covasna county.
www.atlasgeo.net /fotw/flags/ro-cv-ba.html   (192 words)

  
 Sfantu Gheorghe (Romania, Covasna)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Sfântu Gheorghe (in Hungarian Sepsiszentgyörgy) is a city in Covasna (Kovászna) County of Romania (Transylvania).
In 1910 the settlement was a town in the Háromszék (in Rumanian Treiscãune) County of the Kingdom of Hungary.
The settlement was a town 1952-1960 in the Hungarian Autonomous Region, 1960-1968 in Braºov Region and from 1968 is a city in Covasna County.
fotw.vexillum.com /flags/ro-sfant.html   (356 words)

  
 Travel Guide Romania - Covasna County
Covasna Spa is the most complex spa in Europe, due to the ionized air and mineral waters.
In Covasna county there are also a lot of old churches, peasant fortresses, wooden gates with dovecots and pillars carved in wood.One can visit them in the towns of Sf.
Gheorghe, Covasna, Intorsura Buzaului, Targu Secuiesc or Baraolt, but also in villages as Aita Mare, Araci, Arcus, Batanii Mari, Bodoc, Capeni, Cernat, Chichis, Chilieni, Estelnic, Filia, Ilieni, Lemnia, Olteni, Ozun, Reci, Sanzieni, Valea Crisului, Zagon, Zabala.
www.travelguide-romania.ro /county.php?lang=en&id=43   (163 words)

  
 JUDEŢUL COVASNAO CARTE DE VIZITĂ   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
The district Covasna is situated in the center of the country.
The district - the old name for it was Three Chairs, the present on Covasna - is lived by Hungarians and Romanians with a percentage of 75 per cent.
in the wonderful balneo-climaterical spas, of which Covasna is placed on top - the town of the 1000 mineral springs.
www.covasna.ro /covasna_e.htm   (557 words)

  
 Lynching is not a crime   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
In Bolintin Deal, Giurgiu County, a town with 7,000 inhabitants, 150 of whom are Roma, villagers set 22 houses on fire and destroyed a further two during the night of April 7-8.
In Plăieşii de Sus, Harghita County, a town with 3,200 inhabitants, 200 of whom are Roma, villagers burned 28 houses and killed a Romani man on July 9, 1991.
There were raids, for instance, in Acîş and Mihăieni, Satu Mare County, on August 25, 1995; Colentina, Bucharest, several times during the summer of 1996; Pata-Rât, Cluj County, on June 23, 1995; Bonţida, Cluj County, on February 25, 1995 and February 23, 1996; Bălteni, Dîmboviţa County, on several occasions in 1996.
www.proeuropa.ro /HRO/articole/Roma.htm   (3786 words)

  
 ::: Covasna County Public Library -- Exhibitions :::   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
The exhibition is organized with the support of the KIDA Foundation and Petőfi Literature Museum (Hungary).
Editing of the volume "WHO’ S WHO" IN THE Judeţul Covasna The Covasna County Public Library is twinned with the EÖTVÖS KÁROLY Library in Veszprém, with which it carries out common cultural projects.
This is a section where the Covasna County Public Library is developing special projects in order to attract this category of readers into becoming faithful friends of books.
www.haromszek.ro /biblio/engl/exhibitions.htm   (246 words)

  
 Romanian Gymnastics News--Articles
The tension was even greater in a village in Covasna county, where Tamas and Etelka Szabo eagerly waited to watch their daughter, Ecaterina, perform.
The Szabo family house blends in with all the rest in Zagon village (Covasna county).
The first secretary of Covasna county was dying to meet her.
www.geocities.com /gimnastica/articles02/szabo.html   (682 words)

  
 MAYER & MAYER REISEN - Specials
Their echo is still felt today in the existence of the carbo-gaseous mineral waters and the moffetas (emanation of natural gas, especially carbon dioxide).
Covasna, situated at 600 m altitude, at the feet of the Vrancea mountains, along the river Covasna - gives great chances to those suffering from cardiovascular diseases.
Surrounded by mountain peaks, rich woods and flowery meadows, Covasna is a starting point to trips full of charm: to Valea Zanelor (the Fairy Queens Valley), to the neighboring spa Balvanyos, to the city of Sf.
mayerreisen.tripod.com /tourism.html   (1006 words)

  
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The ethnic proportions in the county, Covasna, and in the town are similar: the Hungarians make up 75% of the population.
The county council did not manage to get either position of deputy prefect for a Romanian, though one quarter of the population of the county is Romanian..
The county council rejected to include in the coat of arms of the county a symbol of Romanian population, an orthodox cross.
www.uwe.ac.uk /bbs/sglg/potsdam/vere.doc   (5416 words)

  
 Helsinki
In the spring of 1993, the government announced that it was replacing the co-prefects of Covasna and Harghita counties (one Hungarian, one Romanian), with two Romanians; Hungarians make up 85 and 90 percent of the population there respectively.
Moreover, as prefect of Covasna county, the government appointed a man who was closely associated with the highly nationalistic organization Vatra Romaneasca.
In the spring of 1993, the Romanian government announced the formation of the Council for National Minorities that had long been a demand of ethnic minorities in Romania and was viewed by many as a potentially significant step toward addressing minority concerns.
www.hrw.org /reports/1994/WR94/Helsinki-17.htm   (1315 words)

  
 Roma Rights / Spring, 1998 -- notebook
In Bolintin Deal, Giurgiu County, a town with 7,000 inhabitants, 150 of whom are Roma, villagers set 22 houses on fire and destroyed a further two during the night of April 7-8.
In Plăieşii de Sus, Harghita County, a town with 3,200 inhabitants, 200 of whom are Roma, villagers burned 28 houses and killed a Romani man on July 9, 1991.
There were raids, for instance, in Acîş and Mihăieni, Satu Mare County, on August 25, 1995; Colentina, Bucharest, several times during the summer of 1996; Pata-Rât, Cluj County, on June 23, 1995; Bonţida, Cluj County, on February 25, 1995 and February 23, 1996; Bălteni, Dîmboviţa County, on several occasions in 1996.
lists.errc.org /rr_spr1998/noteb2.shtml   (3841 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Covasna (county) Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Administrative map of Romania with Covasna county highlighted Covasna is a Romanian county in the Transylvania region, with the capital city at Sfântu Gheorghe;.
Covasna is a Romanian county (Judeţ) in the Transylvania region, with the capital city at Sfântu Gheorghe; (population: 67,108).
According to the latest national census (2002), the major ethnic groups in the county are: Hungarians (73.8%), Romanians (23.3%) and Roma/Gypsies (2.7%).
www.ipedia.com /covasna__county_.html   (124 words)

  
 The Guesthouse Calipso - Covasna - Saint George
(in Romanian Sfântu Gheorghe, in Hungarian Sepsiszentgyörgy), the centre of Covasna county, is one of the oldest towns of the Szeklerland.
Covasna county is situated in the curb of the Carpathian mountains, with Brasov, Buzău, Vrancea, Bacău and Harghita counties as neighbours.
was the economic and administrative centre of Háromszék county (approximately identical with what is known today as Covasna county).
www.pensiuneacalipso.ro /en/imprejurimi.php   (131 words)

  
 F&P Covasna County
Only around the town of Covasna - an important watering place - there are over 1,000 springs of table waters - some of them having a flow of tenthousand liters per hour.
This is the reason Covasna is a watering county with a tot of spas.
Having the municipality of Sfantu Gheorghe as its capital city, the Covasna county is also the county of the old fortified churches, peasant fortresses, wooden gates with dovecots and pillars carved in wood.
www.friends-partners.org /fpromania/counties/covasna.html(opt,mozilla,unix,english,,new)   (512 words)

  
 The BALKAN Human Rights Web Pages
On the other hand, the head of UDMR stressed upon the fact the counties have a joint interest and the same tradition and the Hungarian majority population in the area aims to keep its national identity.
Kovacs Jeno, in Szombathely-Hungary, was awarded for having renovated the monuments and churches that belong to Hungarian minorities in the Carpathian Basin.
Romanian journalist Dan Manolachescu in Sfantu Gheorghe, president with Association for Community - Covasna, was awarded for his important role in enabling the communication between Hungarians and Romanians, for having publicly agreed to achieve the autonomy of the Szeckler's County and for his efforts to convince the Romanians of its benefits.
cm.greekhelsinki.gr /index.php?sec=194&cid=2982   (2469 words)

  
 ::: Covasna County Public Library -- History :::   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
It was during this period as well that a new offer of entertainment appeared in the centre of Sfântu Gheorghe: a Casino opened in the Town Hall, where the authorities tried to answer the people's spare time needs.
A former center of the district TREI SCAUNE (HÁROMSZÉK), the building of the Covasna County Public Library is situated in the center of Sfântu Gheorghe and its interior offers 32 functional sections that meet the requirements of a library.
At the ground floor there is a reading room, the loan section for adults and the administration offices.
www.cosys.ro /haromszek/biblio/engl/history.htm   (353 words)

  
 Divers - altfel despre minoritati   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
During the press conference, Iliescu did not refer to the Romanian villagers brought with buses in 1990 by Union "Vatra Romaneasca" from the villages in Mures county, who beat with the Magyars manifesting in the center of the town.
COVASNA — Local authorities in Covasna County are again promoting the creation of development micro-regions, after several initiatives local councils made in this direction in recent years were attacked in court by the prefect.
Covasna County Council president Demeter Janos has said, during a meeting with the mayors from several localities of the county, that the creation of micro-regions is very important, because it would help communities get more funds from the state budget.
www.divers.ro /cgi-bin/buletin_en.py?id=140   (933 words)

  
 Spolu International Foundation - Projects - Romania
To enhance the participation of the representatives of relevant local and central authorities to the "Master Plan of Measures" of HG 430/2001, chapter on the local development of Roma communities.
Impreuna made an inventory of social policies which would support their access to the labour market, and analysed the local labour market to identify the trades and crafts on demand.
Five County Employment Agencies organised professional training for the 250 selected Roma in the trades and crafts in demand.
www.spolu.nl /m5f_romania.html   (970 words)

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