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Sânmartin, Harghita

Field	Value
type	commune
county	Harghita
population_total	auto
map_caption	Location in Harghita County
official_name	Sânmartin
other_name	Csíkszentmárton
image_shield	ROU HR Sanmartin CoA.jpg
image_map	Sanmartin jud Harghita.png
coordinates
leader_name	Sándor Birtalan
leader_party	UDMR
term	2020–2024
area_total_km2	41.64
postal_code	537280
area_code	+(40) 266
website

Sânmartin (, Hungarian pronunciation: , meaning "St. Martin of Csík") is a commune in Harghita County, Romania. It lies in Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania.

The commune is composed of three villages: Ciucani (Csíkcsekefalva), Sânmartin, and Valea Uzului (Uzvölgye). Cozmeni (Csíkkozmás) along with the village of Lăzărești (Lázárfalva) have formed an independent commune since 2002.

History

Demographics

|1850 |2196 |1920 |2410 |1941 |2660 |1966 |2583 |2002 |2348 |2011 |2322 |2021 |2227

The commune has an absolute Hungarian Székely majority. According to the 2011 census, it had a population of 2,308; of those, 98.83% or 2,281 were Hungarians. At the 2021 census, Sânmartin had 2,227 inhabitants, 95.64% of which were Hungarians.

Economy

The size of the arable land is 1109 ha, of which 526 ha are cultivated by the agricultural company Burgabotek MT. Pasture of an area of 474 ha belong to the commonages 'Csekefalva' and 'Aklós'; 1,295 ha of reaper is owned by individual farmers. The area of forest is 1,162 ha, of which 8 ha belong to individuals while the remaining parts belong to commonages.

Potato, grain - wheat, barley, rye - and sugar beet is grown by individual farmers and an agricultural association. Fodder is produced in private businesses, likewise, stock breeding is dealt with by individual farmers, cattle, swine, sheep, goats being kept in the village.

The most important branch of industrial activity is timber-industry, including logging and processing. Currently, four sawmills operate in the village and the production is exported to several European countries. The sawmills provide more than 100 jobs for locals.

Twinnings

The commune is twinned with:

Hungary Kenderes, Hungary
Hungary Mórahalom, Hungary
Hungary Zalahaláp, Hungary
Hungary Sülysáp, Hungary

References

"Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau.
(31 May 2023). "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021". [[National Institute of Statistics (Romania).

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