Oituz
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Oituz was the site of three battles during the First World War: the First, Second, and the Third Battle of Oituz.
According to Iorgu Iordan, the commune's name is of Turkic origin; otuz or oltuz means "thirty" in some Turkic languages.[1][2][3]
Poiana Sărată village is part of Transylvania;[4] in Austria-Hungary, it belonged to Háromszék County, and after a reorganization to Trei Scaune County in Romania until 1950.
Demographics
At the 2002 census, 99.8% of inhabitants were ethnic Romanians and 0.2% Hungarians. 49.2% were Romanian Orthodox, 48.9% Roman Catholic and 1.8% Seventh-day Adventist.
Natives
- Eugen Cristescu (1895–1950)
- Aurora Gruescu (1914–2005)
- Template:Ill (1883–1967)
References
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- ↑ Iorgu Iordan; Toponimia romînească, Editura Academiei Republicii Populare Romîne, București, 1963, p. 280
- ↑ Vasile Frățilă, Studii de toponimie și dialectologie, p.39. Editura Excelsior Art, 2002, Template:ISBN
- ↑ Template:In lang Diana Boc-Sînmărghițan, "Toponimia văilor Bistra și Sebeș. Glosar (I)" Template:Webarchive, p.16, in Analele Universității de Vest din Timișoara, Seria Științe Filologice, XLV, 2007
- ↑ Memoriile Secțiilor Științifice, Romanian Academy, series IV, vol. XXVII, p.171.
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