Poian
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Poian (, Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a commune in Covasna County, Transylvania, Romania composed of two villages: Belani (Bélafalva) and Poian. In 2005, Estelnic, along with two other villages, broke away from Poian to form an independent commune.
Key facts
- Romanian subdivision.type
- commune
- Romanian subdivision.county
- Covasna
- Romanian subdivision.official_name
- Poian
- Romanian subdivision.other_name
- Kézdiszentkereszt
- Romanian subdivision.image_shield
- ROU CV Poian CoA.PNG
- Romanian subdivision.image_skyline
- Polyan panorama2.jpg
- Romanian subdivision.image_caption
- View of Poian
- Romanian subdivision.image_map
- Poian jud Covasna.png
- Romanian subdivision.map_caption
- Location in Covasna County
- Romanian subdivision.leader_name
- Endre Páll
- Romanian subdivision.leader_party
- UDMR
- Romanian subdivision.term
- 2020–2024
- Romanian subdivision.elevation
- 610
- Romanian subdivision.area_total
- 59.26
- Romanian subdivision.population_total
- auto
- Romanian subdivision.postal_code
- 527140
- Romanian subdivision.area_code
- (+40) 02 67
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of Romania
- Official name
- Poian
- Country
- Kingdom of Hungary
- Located in
- Covasna County
- Capital
- Poian
- Population
- 1647
- Area
- 52.92
- Elevation
- 612.000000
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Official website
- www.prefecturacv.ro/poian.html
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- different from
- Boian
- Commons category
- Poian commune, Covasna
- contains settlement
- Belani
- postal code
- 527140
- native label
- Polyán
- phone number
- +40-267368629
- street address
- Str. Principală 10
- population by native language
- 1573
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- inception
- 1332-00-00
- historical region
- Transylvania
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
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Poian (, Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a commune in Covasna County, Transylvania, Romania composed of two villages: Belani (Bélafalva) and Poian. In 2005, Estelnic, along with two other villages, broke away from Poian to form an independent commune.
The commune is located in the northeastern part of Covasna County, north of Târgu Secuiesc and northeast of the county seat, Sfântu Gheorghe.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Poian” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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