Reference Type: Journal Article
Author: Pál, Judit
Year: 1997
Title: Az erdélyi örmény népesség számának alakulása és szerkezete a 18.században
Journal: Erdélyi Múzeum
Volume: 9. kötet, 1-2. füzet
Pages: 104-120
Language: Hungarian
Keywords: Armenian minority, history, demography, sociology, interethnic relationships, traditions, employment, economy, social groups, settlement, politics
Abstract: (En) The author starts with a presentation of the process of settlement of the Armenians in Transsylvania. There follows the treatment of Armenian demographics in the 18th century. In contradiction to the traditional estimations, by the beginning of the 18th century the Armenian population of Transsylvania amounted to 1700, to 3500-4500 in 1750 and to 7372 in 1850. Later, in consequence of the loss of their entity, the Armenian population decreased. In what concerns their occupation, Armenians were traders and handicraftsmen. Many of them belonged to the wealthy class or to the middle class, few of them being poor. The reader is given information on their number, their breakdown by occupation and their financial standing with regard to the main centres where they lived. (Szamosújvár-Gherla, Erzsébetváros-Dumbrăveni, Gyergyószentmiklós-Gheorgheni etc.)