Ocland
Sign in to saveOcland (, Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a commune in Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania. The commune is composed of three villages: Crăciunel (Karácsonyfalva), Ocland, and Satu Nou (Homoródújfalu).
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Within Vinony's link graph, Ocland is referenced by 82 other articles, and connects out to Hungary, Romania and time zone.
The entry is geolocated on the map in RO, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Communes in Harghita County, Localities in Transylvania and Székely communities.
Its subject is documented across 21 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Romanian subdivision.type
- commune
- Romanian subdivision.county
- Harghita
- Romanian subdivision.official_name
- Ocland
- Romanian subdivision.other_name
- Oklánd
- Romanian subdivision.image_shield
- ROU HR Ocland CoA.png
- Romanian subdivision.image_skyline
- Homoródújfalu, unitárius templom.jpg
- Romanian subdivision.image_caption
- Unitarian church in Satu Nou
- Romanian subdivision.image_map
- Ocland jud Harghita.png
- Romanian subdivision.map_caption
- Location in Harghita County
- Romanian subdivision.leader_name
- Lehel Godra
- Romanian subdivision.leader_party
- UDMR
- Romanian subdivision.term
- 2020–2024
- Romanian subdivision.elevation
- 506
- Romanian subdivision.area_total
- 62.96
- Romanian subdivision.population_total
- auto
- Romanian subdivision.postal_code
- 537225
- Romanian subdivision.area_code
- +(40) 266
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of Romania
- Official name
- Ocland
- Country
- Kingdom of Hungary
- Located in
- Harghita County
- Capital
- Ocland
- Population
- 1270
- Area
- 62.960000
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Official website
- www.ghidulprimariilor.ro/business.php/PRIMARIA-OCLAND/191983
- Image
- Homoródújfalu, unitárius templom.jpg
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- native label
- Oklánd
- contains settlement
- Satu Nou
- phone number
- +40-266224024
- street address
- Str. Principală nr. 174, com. Ocland
- population by native language
- 1183
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- Commons category
- Ocland commune, Harghita
- historical region
- Transylvania
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- History
- Demographics
- Landmarks
- Ocland
- Crăciunel
- Twinnings
- References
- External links
Ocland (, Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a commune in Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania. The commune is composed of three villages: Crăciunel (Karácsonyfalva), Ocland, and Satu Nou (Homoródújfalu).
== History == Ocland was first recorded in 1546 as Akland, and in 1550 as Okland. The name Karácsonyfalva was first recorded in 1333 in a tithe register when a priest of Karachni was mentioned. In 1453, reference was made of Peter, son of Michael, of Karachonfalwa. Its Romanian name derives from the Hungarian and historically it was Crăciunfăleni. The name of Homoródújfalu was first recorded in 1481 in the form of Wijfalw, in 1861 it was called officially Homoród-Ujfalu. The Romanian name was originally Homorod-Uifalău which was changed to the current official form after World War I.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ocland” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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