THE CONFESSIONAL STRUCTURE OF HARGHITA, COVASNA AND MUREȘ COUNTIES, IN 2011

This study aims to analyze the religious structure of the population in three counties of the geographical-historical province of Transylvania: Harghita, Covasna and Mureş census registered on October 20, 2011, data on this issue, the source is National Institute of Statistics. Regarding to reli...

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Main Authors: George-Bogdan TOFAN, Adrian NIŢĂ, Ciprian NIMARĂ
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Editura Universitatii din Oradea 2014-12-01
Series:Analele Universităţii din Oradea: Seria Geografie
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Online Access:http://geografie-uoradea.ro/Reviste/Anale/Art/2014-2/9.AUOG_662_Tofan.pdf
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Summary:This study aims to analyze the religious structure of the population in three counties of the geographical-historical province of Transylvania: Harghita, Covasna and Mureş census registered on October 20, 2011, data on this issue, the source is National Institute of Statistics. Regarding to religious structure in the mentioned area, the information is available for 1,031,652 people (of a total of 1,071,890 inhabitants), the majority being Orthodox cult followers (35.11%), followed by Roman Catholic (322,932 people, 31.30%), Protestants (242,680 people, 23.52%), Unitarian (41,905 people, 4.06%), Pentecostal (14,656 people, 1.42%), Greek Catholic (11,834 persons, 1.14%), Seventh-Day Adventists (10,346 people, 1.00%) and a group of other religions, people without religion with 2,167 people each (0.21%) and information unavailable (40,238 persons, 3.75 %).
ISSN:1221-1273
2065-3409