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24-729: Săcueni lies in the Western Plain  [ ro ] , which comprises the Romanian reaches of the Great Hungarian Plain . It is located around 42 km (26 mi) north-east of the county seat, Oradea , in the proximity of the Hungarian border . The town is crossed by national road DN19  [ ro ] (part of European route E671 ), which runs from Oradea to Satu Mare and Sighetu Marmației . The 10 km (6.2 mi) long road DN19D  [ ro ] branches off in

48-474: A legend, Székelys were settled down here to guard the bridge of Ér as early as the 10th century. In 1417, Hungarian king Sigismund gave Székelyhíd the right of organizing a fair. Soon afterwards, it also got the right that the fair to be weekly scheduled. In 1514, it was occupied by György Dózsa 's army and then in 1661, it was also occupied by the Ottoman army . As a condition of the peace treaty of Vasvár ,

72-816: Is the Tisza . The notable cities and towns with medicinal baths are Debrecen , Berekfürdő , Cserkeszőlő , Gyula , Hajdúszoboszló , Orosháza , Szentes and Szolnok . Among the cultural festivals and programmes characteristic of the region are the Csángófesztivál ( Csángó Festival) in Jászberény , the Cseresznyefesztivál ( Sweet Cherry Festival) in Nagykörű , the Gulyásfesztivál ( Goulash Festival) in Szolnok ,

96-1048: The Hídi Vásár (Bridge Fair) in Hortobágy National Park , the Hunniális at Ópusztaszer , the Szabadtéri Játékok (Open-air Theater) in Szeged , the Várjátékok (Castle Games) in Gyula , the Virágkarnevál (Flower Carnival) in Debrecen and the Bajai Halászléfőző Népünnepély (Fisherman's Soup Boiling Festival) in Baja . The part of the plain located in Hungary comprises

120-772: The Linear Pottery culture (LBK) which later became the dominant agricultural culture of Europe. The LBK was followed by the Lengyel culture in the Late Neolithic 5000-3400 BC. During the Early Bronze Age (2000 - 1800 BC), the growing demand for metal ores in Europe resulted in the new pan-European and intercontinental trade networks. During that period cultures of the Great Hungarian Plain incorporated many elements from

144-531: The Sava river in the south. Its territory covers approximately 52,000 km (20,000 sq mi) of Hungary, approximately 56% of its total area of 93,030 km (35,920 sq mi). The highest point of the plain is Hoportyó (183 m (600 ft)); the lowest point is the Tisza River. The terrain ranges from flat to rolling plains. The most important Hungarian writers inspired by and associated with

168-677: The Second Vienna Award , Hungary retook the territory of Northern Transylvania (which included Săcueni) from Romania. A border incident occurred at the nearby village of Diosig on 4 September 1940. Towards the end of World War II , however, the town was taken back from Hungarian and German troops by Romanian and Soviet forces in October 1944 , during the initial stages of the Battle of Debrecen ; it became again part of Romania in March 1945. Following

192-465: The administrative reform of 1950, the locality became part of Săcueni Raion within Bihor Region (renamed Oradea Region in 1952 and Crișana Region in 1960). In 1968, the old territorial division into județe was reinstituted, and Săcueni became part of Bihor County. According to the 2021 census , Săcueni has a population of 10,720. At the census from 2011 , there were 11,113 people living within

216-651: The Great Hungarian Plain was not part of the ancient Roman province Pannonia ). Its territory significantly shrank due to its eastern and southern boundaries being adjusted by the new political borders created after World War I when the Treaty of Trianon was signed in 1920. Its boundaries are the Carpathians in the north and east, the Transdanubian Mountains and the Dinaric Alps in the southwest, and approximately

240-570: The beginning of the Neolithic, Bronze and Iron Ages, with periods of stability in between. The earliest Neolithic genome was similar to other European hunter-gatherers and surprisingly there was no evidence of lactase persistence at that period. The most recent samples, from the Iron Age, showed an eastern genomic influence contemporary with introduced Steppe burial rites. There was also a transition towards lighter pigmentation. The Hungarian plain became

264-599: The center of the town and leads to the nearby border crossing, from which another road continues to Létavértes in Hungary . The Săcueni railway station serves the CFR Line 402 , which connects Oradea to Carei , Satu Mare, and Halmeu . The first written record of the town's name dates back to 1217. Then its name arose in 1278 as Zekulhyd and in 1325 as Zekulhyda whose meaning is bridge of Székely in Hungarian, and according to

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288-705: The connected parts of Syrmia . The portion of the plain located in Slovakia is known as the Eastern Slovak Lowland . The part of the plain located in Ukraine is known as the Transcarpathian Lowland . In Romania, the plain (Rom. câmp or câmpia, from Lat. campus) includes the regions of Banat and Crişana . It is referred to in Romanian as The Western Plain ( Câmpia de Vest  [ ro ] ). During

312-763: The following areas: The term is used in Serbia to denote the Hungarian portion of the Pannonian plain . The portion of the Pannonian plain in Serbia is mostly divided into 3 large geographical areas: Bačka , Banat and Srem ( Syrmia ), most of which are located in the Vojvodina province. The term is rarely used in Croatia, and is usually associated there with the geography of Hungary. Parts of Pannonian Croatia can be considered an extension of Alföld , particularly eastern Slavonia and

336-730: The heartland of the Eurasian nomads , being in its natural environment similar to the Pontic–Caspian steppe . The plain had formed the base for Huns , Avars , Magyars , Cumans , Jasz people and other nomadic tribes from the Eurasian Steppe . [REDACTED] Media related to Great Hungarian Plain at Wikimedia Commons 47°00′N 20°30′E  /  47.000°N 20.500°E  / 47.000; 20.500 2021 Romanian census The 2021 Romanian census ( Romanian : Recesământul Populației și Locuințelor 2021 (RPL2021) )

360-539: The homes and households of those who did not register their data online. Data for this census was planned not to be collected on paper, but instead with tablets so as to maintain social distancing between citizens. The entire data collection process was also relatively long, spanning about 6 months. People who did not provide data by themselves in the early stages of the census were not fined, but those who refused to give or gave false information could be fined between 1,000 and 3,000 Romanian lei . On 1 August 2022, it

384-539: The other cultures of Bronze Age Near Eastern, Steppe and Central Europe During the early Iron Age (first millennium BC), a variant of the Central European Hallstatt culture inhabited Transdanubia , while pre-Scythian and later Scythian cultures were found in the eastern region of the Great Hungarian Plain. In 2014, a major study of DNA from burials in the Great Hungarian Plain was published. The 5,000-year record indicated significant genomic shifts at

408-403: The plain are Ferenc Móra and Zsigmond Móricz , as well as the poets Sándor Petőfi and Gyula Juhász . Hungarian scientists born on the plain include Zoltán Bay , physicist; János Irinyi , chemist, inventor of the noiseless match; János Kabay , pharmacologist; Gábor Kátai , physician and pharmacist; and Frigyes Korányi , physician and pulmonologist. The most important river of the plain

432-502: The prehistoric era, the Great Hungarian Plain was a place of cultural and technological changes, as well as an important meeting point of cultures of Eastern and Western Europe. It is a region of great archaeological importance to major European cultural transitions. Agriculture began in the Great Hungarian Plain with the Early Neolithic Körös culture , located in present-day Serbia, 6000-5500 B.C.E. followed 5500 B.C.E. by

456-617: The spring of 1919, during the Hungarian–Romanian War . Săcueni officially became part of the territory ceded to the Kingdom of Romania in June 1920 under the terms of the Treaty of Trianon . After the administrative unification law in 1925, the town became the seat of plasa Săcueni (comprising 11 villages) in Bihor County . In August 1940, under the auspices of Nazi Germany , which imposed

480-681: The town's castle was destroyed in 1665. From 1691 it was part of the Habsburg monarchy up until the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 . Thereafter it became part of the Kingdom of Hungary within Austria-Hungary . After the collapse of Austria-Hungary at the end of World War I , and the declaration of the Union of Transylvania with Romania , the Romanian Army took control of the town in

504-495: The town; of those, 77.49% were ethnic Hungarians , 15.7% were ethnic Romani , 6.62% Romanians , and 0.17% others. Great Hungarian Plain The Great Hungarian Plain (also known as Alföld or Great Alföld , Hungarian : Alföld [ˈɒlføld] or Nagy Alföld ) is a plain occupying the majority of the modern territory of Hungary . It is the largest part of the wider Pannonian Plain (however,

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528-559: Was a census held in Romania between 1 February and 31 July 2022, with the reference day for the census data set at 1 December 2021. The census was supposed to be done in 2021, but it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Romania in order to avoid census takers from getting infected when coming into contact with ill or quarantined people. It was the first census held in Romania in which data

552-422: Was collected online , something that had support among Romanian youth. The census was divided into three phases: one in which personal data of the Romanian population was collected from various sites; another in which the population was to complete more precise data such as religion, in which town halls would help the natives of rural areas to answer the census; and a third one in which census takers would go to

576-574: Was officially announced by the National Institute of Statistics (INS) that as many as 18.15 million Romanian citizens were registered at the RPL2021. Subsequently, the head of the INS announced the first data of the RPL2021 on 5 August 2022, stating that Romania had c.  19 million inhabitants. The final results regarding demographic characteristics of the RPL2021, published on 31 May 2023, showed

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