SOME ASPECTS REGARDING THE TERRITORIAL EVOLUTION OF ODORHEIU SECUIESC TOWN

By its geographical position, in a large depression on an intensely circulated valley corridor, Odorheiu Secuiesc town represented an important center among the settlements in the East of Transylvania. Since the relief was not a major restrictive factor, in the territorial evolution of the town the major role was played by its economical development and growth of the number of inhabitants. Along the centuries the settlement received important liberties, turning into an important administrative, commercial and education center. By the economical point of view, while in the other towns in the area the agriculture still represented the major weight, in Odorheiu Secuiesc intensely developed the crafts. For all that, the industrial development of the town took place only in the last half of the century, times when the town also experienced the most intense territorial extension.