Ormeniș Explained

Type:commune
County:Brașov
Population Total:auto
Ormeniș
Other Name:Ürmös
Leader Name:Barna-Alpár Gyerő
Leader Party:PNL
Leader Term:2020 - 2024
Coordinates:46.0167°N 25.55°W
Elevation:426
Area Total:47.97
Postal Code:507150
Area Code:(+40) 02 68

Ormeniș (de|Ermesch; hu|Ürmös) is a commune in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Ormeniș. It also included the village of Augustin until 2005, when that village was split off to form a separate commune.

The commune is located in the northeastern part of the county, north of the county seat, Brașov. It sits on the left bank of the Olt River, which forms the border with Covasna County to the east and the north. It neighbors Apața commune to the south and Racoș commune to the west.

The Ormeniș train station serves Line 300 of the CFR network, which connects Bucharest with the Hungarian border near Oradea.

At the 2011 census, the commune had 1,976 inhabitants, of which 43.3% were Roma, 39.3% Hungarians, and 17.3% Romanians.At the 2021 census, Ormeniș had a population of 2,045 ; of those, 49.39% were Roma, 29.29% Hungarians, and 17.65% Romanians.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021. INSSE. ro. 31 May 2023.