Atid
{{Short description|Commune in Harghita, Transylvania, Romania}}
{{About|the commune|the political party|Atid (political party)|}}
{{Infobox Romanian subdivision
|type = commune
|county = Harghita
|population_total = auto
|map_caption = Location in Harghita County
|official_name=Atid
|other_name=Etéd
|image_shield=
|image_map=Atid jud Harghita.png
|image_skyline=Etéd1.jpg
|leader_name = Attila Szilveszter{{cite web |url=https://prezenta.roaep.ro/locale27092020/romania-pv-final |title=Results of the 2020 local elections |publisher=Central Electoral Bureau |access-date=9 June 2021 |df=dmy-all}}
|leader_party = UDMR
|term = 2020–2024
|area_total_km2=140.28
|coordinates = {{coord|46|27|0|N|25|3|0|E|region:RO|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code=537005
|area_code=+40 266
|website={{url|www.atid.ro}}
}}
Atid ({{langx|hu|Etéd}}, {{IPA|hu|ˈɛteːd|pron|Etéd.ogg}}) is a commune in Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania. The route of the Via Transilvanica long-distance trail passes through the village of Inlăceni, which is administered by Atid commune.
Component villages
The commune is composed of five villages:
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| In Romanian
! In Hungarian |
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| Atid
|Etéd {{Audio|Etéd.ogg|Listen|help=no}} |
| Crișeni
|Kőrispatak {{Audio|Kőrispatak.ogg|Listen|help=no}} |
| Cușmed
|Küsmöd {{Audio|Küsmöd.ogg|Listen|help=no}} |
| Inlăceni
|Énlaka {{Audio|Énlaka.ogg|Listen|help=no}} |
| Șiclod
|Siklód {{Audio|Siklód.ogg|Listen|help=no}} |
History
From ancient times the area was populated by Dacians. After the Roman conquest of Dacia, the Romans imposed their control in the area by constructing a fort known as Praetoria Augusta in Inlăceni village. The fort was discovered in 1858.
File:Josephinische Landaufnahme pg160.jpg The villages were historically part of the Székely Land region of Transylvania province. They belonged to Udvarhely district until the administrative reform of Transylvania in 1876, when they fell within Udvarhely County in the Kingdom of Hungary. After the Treaty of Trianon of 1920, they became part of Romania and fell within Odorhei County during the interwar period. In 1940, the second Vienna Award granted Northern Transylvania to Hungary, which held it until 1944. After Soviet occupation, the Romanian administration returned, and the commune became officially part of Romania in 1947. Between 1952 and 1960, the commune was part of the Magyar Autonomous Region, between 1960 and 1968 the Mureș-Magyar Autonomous Region. In 1968, the province was abolished, and since then, the commune has been part of Harghita County.
The Reformed church was built in 1802, on the site of a 17th-century church destroyed in the great fire of 8 September 1792. The Roman Catholic parish church was built in 1876 in honor of St. Michael. Its tower was completed in 1889. The village used to be famous for its weekly fairs.
Demographics
The commune has an absolute Székely Hungarian majority. According to the 2002 census it has a population of 2,837 of which 98.37% or 2,791 are Hungarian.{{Cite web |url=http://www.insse.ro/cms/rw/pages/rpl2002.en.do |title=Blandware CMS 0.52 ~ Census of population and dwellings 2002 |access-date=2010-05-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100606080141/http://www.insse.ro/cms/rw/pages/rpl2002.en.do |archive-date=2010-06-06 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://varga.adatbank.transindex.ro/index.php?tel=Et%E9d&megye=0&x=0&y=0&pg=2|title=Etnikai statisztikák|publisher=Árpád E. Varga|language=hu|access-date=2010-06-15}}
Villages
= Atid =
Atid ({{langx|hu|Etéd)}} had 1228 inhabitants at the 2011.
File:RO HR Drumul Atia-Atid (8).jpg|Road Atia-Atid
File:RO HR Atid (13).jpg|Street in Atid
File:RO HR Atid (23).jpg|Townhall
File:RO HR Atid (16).jpg|School
File:RO HR Biserica reformata din Atid (88).jpg|Reformed church
File:RO HR Biserica reformata din Atid (50).jpg|Reformed church interior
File:RO HR Atid (31).jpg|Street in Atid
File:RO HR Atid (20).jpg|Székely gate
= Inlăceni =
Inlăceni ({{langx|hu|Énlaka}}, Hungarian pronunciation: {{convertIPA-hu|’|é|n|l|a|k|a}}) had 228 inhabitants in 1992, all of them Székely Hungarians. As in the village's vicinity, most inhabitants belong to the Unitarian Church of Transylvania.[http://varga.adatbank.transindex.ro/?pg=3&action=etnik&id=257 Árpád E. Varga: Ethnic statistics]
Image:Enlaka1.JPG|Unitarian church
image:enlaka2.jpg|Unitarian church interior
image:enlaka3.jpg|Unitarian church interior
image:enlaka4.jpg|Székely runes
References
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Category:Communes in Harghita County