THE
RELIGIOUS STRUCTURE OF MARAMUREŞ COUNTY AT THE 20TH OCTOBER 2011 CENSUS
GEORGE-BOGDAN TOFAN1, BOGDAN-NICOLAE PĂCURAR2,
ADRIAN NIŢĂ3
1 „Vasile Goldiş” Western University of Arad, Faculty of Natural
Sciences, Engineering and Informatics, Departament of Biology, Ecology and
Geography, Baia Mare Branch, 5 Culturii Street, Romania, e-mail:
tofanbogdan_geografie@yahoo.com
2 Centre for Research on Settlements and Urbanism, Faculty of
Geography, „Babeș-Bolyai” University Cluj-Napoca; Cluj County Council, Urbanism
and Territorial Planning Department, Cluj-Napoca, e-mail: pacurarbogdan@ymail.com.
3 „Babeş-Bolyai” University, Faculty of Geography, Gheorgheni Branch,
Romania, e-mail: nitaadrian@hotmail.com
Abstract. –The Religious Structure of Maramureş County at the 20th October 2011
Census. In regards to the religious structure of Maramureş County, only 450 196
people out of a total of 478 659 inhabitants declared their religion at the 2011
Census. Most of them were Orthodox, with 357 627 followers (79.44%), which
formed the majority in 74 of the 76 administrative-territorial units. The
Roman-Catholic congregation comprised 22761 people, that is a percentage of
5.06%, Greek-Catholic 21836 followers or 4.85%, Pentecostals 16 541, which
translated into 3.67%, Reformed with 16 246, 3.61%. The category named other
religions or atheists contains 15 185 people or 3.37%. We would also like to
point out that the difference between the value of the stable population and the
value of the declared population constitutes an indicator labelled „Unavailable
information”, an irrelevant component in registering the religious structure of
a territory.
Key words: Maramureş County, religion, Orthodox, Roman-Catholic,
Greek-Catholic, Reformed
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