Bălăușeri

History

The villages were in the northern reaches of Küküllő County in Transylvania, just over the border from the Székely Land; in the 1876 administrative reform, the county was split and thereafter the villages belonged to Kis-Küküllő County in the Kingdom of Hungary. After the Hungarian–Romanian War of 1918–19 and the Treaty of Trianon of 1920, it became part of the Kingdom of Romania, along with the rest of Transylvania.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, the commune had a population of 4,698, of which 3,195 (68.01%) were Hungarians, 905 (17.58%) Romanians, 662 (14.09%) Roma, and 10 Germans; Bălăușeri village had a population of 1,228 people. At the 2021 census, the commune had a population of 4,852; of those, 61.21% were Hungarians, 21.7% Romanians, and 13.27% Roma.

Economy

The Filitelnic gas field (one of the top two gas fields in Romania in terms of production) is located on the territory of the commune.

References

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References

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3. (March 15, 2016). "Top 10 câmpuri petrolifere și gazeifere cu cea mai mare producție din România".
4. Dogar, Andreea. (November 7, 2023). "Cele mai mari zăcăminte de gaze naturale din România după producția din 2022". Great News.