Covasna

There are several theories regarding the origin of the city's name, the most recognized one being that it originates from the Slavic kvas, which means "bitter", referring to the taste of the mineral water springs located in the city.{{citation needed|date=January 2020}}

According to Szabó Gyula (1914–1984), some legends suggest that the name of Kovászna might have been the result of a fusion between the name of "Kó" and the word "vászon" (it means canvas in Hungarian), thus meaning "Kó's canvas". Theories suggest that the individual of "Kó" might have been a knight, a craftsman or even the last monarch of the Fairies Fortress.{{citation needed|date=January 2020}}

At the 2021 census, Covasna had a population of 9,208; of those, 60.34% were Hungarians and 31.14% were Romanians.{{cite web|url=https://www.recensamantromania.ro/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Tabel-1.03_1.3.1-si-1.03.2.xls|title=Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021|publisher=INSSE|language=ro|date=31 May 2023}} At the 2011 census, the town had 10,265 inhabitants, of which 7,549 or 66.4% were Hungarians and 3,672 or 32.3% were Romanians.

Demographic movement according to the censuses:

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• 1548 – First mentioned as Kowazna.
• 1567 – Mentioned in a document, as a prestigious locality, having 61 registered homes.
• 1756 – Gets destroyed by conflagration.
• 1840 – Gets the right to hold its own market.
• 1880 – Covasna has flourished as a health resort since the 1880s.
• 1837, 1856, 1885 – The {{ill|Pokolsár|hu}} ( in Romanian: Balta Dracului; in English: Devil's Lake) mud volcano erupts.
• 1889–91 – the Covasna–Comandău narrow-gauge railway is built
• 1952 – Covasna became a town.
• 1970's – Several hotels and cure centers were built in Covasna.
• 1996 – Forest fire in the Fairie's Valley.
• 2000's – Covasna is a nationally important spa town in Romania, having an important cardiovascular hospital.

{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Romania}}

Covasna is twinned with:

• {{flagicon|HUN}} Pápa, Hungary
• {{flagicon|HUN}} Nagykanizsa, Hungary
• {{flagicon|HUN}} Gyula, Hungary
• {{flagicon|HUN}} Balatonfüred, Hungary
• {{flagicon|HUN}} Csenger, Hungary
• {{flagicon|Moldova}} Călărași, Moldova

• {{ill|Horia Colan|ro}} (1926–2017), engineer and titular member of the Romanian Academy
• {{ill|Demosten Ioniță|ro}} (1927–2024), bishop of the Old Calendar Orthodox Church of Romania from 2022 to 2024
• Sándor Kőrösi Csoma (1784–1842), born in Chiuruș/Csomakőrös, was a Hungarian explorer and linguist. Widely seen as the founder of Tibetology, Kőrösi was the compiler and author of the first Tibetan–English dictionary and grammar book. He died in Darjeeling, India in 1842. A statue in his honour was erected in the centre of the village in 1972 and there is an exhibition in the cultural centre.
• Iozefina Ștefănescu (1932–2015), handballer
• {{ill|Iustinian Teculescu|ro}} (1865–1932), born Ioan Teculescu. A Romanian Orthodox cleric, he was archpriest of Alba Iulia and one of the main organizers of the Great Union from December 1, 1918.{{cite journal|title=Personnalités de la Grande Union: l'Archiprêtre orthodoxe de Alba Iulia, Ioan Teculescu (1865–1932)|language=French|last=Neagu|first=Răzvan Mihai| url=https://www.revistateologica.ro/wp-content/uploads/Revista-Teologica-NR-1-2021.pdf|journal=Revista Teologică|year=2021|volume=31|pages=39–59}}

{{Reflist}}

{{Commons category|Covasna}}

• [http://www.primariacovasna.ro Official website in Romanian]
• [http://www.primariacovasna.ro/hu/fooldal/ Official website in Hungarian]
• {{cite web|url=https://www.info-covasna.ro/index_lang_en.html|title=Covasna Tourist Information Office|website=www.info-covasna.ro}}
• {{cite web|url=http://www.erdely-szep.hu/Kovaszna/index.html|title=Kovászna|lang=hu| website=www.erdely-szep.hu}}

{{Gallery

|File:Kovászna 2019 04.jpg|Hell's mud

|File:Covasna vedere centrală.jpg|Hotels in central Covasna

|File:Biserica Covasna.jpg|Romanian Orthodox church in Covasna

|File:Gara Covasna.jpg|Covasna train station

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{{Covasna County}}

{{Spa towns in Romania}}

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Category:Towns in Romania

Category:Populated places in Covasna County

Category:Localities in Transylvania

Category:Spa towns in Romania

Category:Place names of Slavic origin in Romania