Tușnad
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Tușnad
Tusnád | |
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Commune | |
Coordinates: 46°12′0″N 25°54′0″E / 46.20000°N 25.90000°E | |
Country | Romania |
County | Harghita County |
Status | Commune |
Government | |
• Mayor | Endre Rafain[1] (Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania) |
Area | |
• Total | 76.64 km2 (29.59 sq mi) |
Population (2011[2]) | |
• Total | 2,117 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Tușnad (Hungarian: Tusnád, Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈtuʃnaːd]) is a commune in Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania, and is composed of three villages:
In Romanian | In Hungarian |
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Tușnad | Tusnád |
Tușnadu Nou | Újtusnád |
Vrabia | Csíkverebes |
Demographics
The commune has an absolute Székely Hungarian majority. According to the 2011 census it has a population of 2,117 which 92.73% or 1,963 are Hungarian.
Name
The village of Tusnád is often referred to as Tușnad-Sat or Tusnád-Falu to avoid confusion with the touristic centre of Băile Tușnad to the south. Romanian State Railways also makes this distinction.
References
- ^ Template:Ro icon Alegeri locale 2012 - Rezultate alegeri Primăria Tuşnad; retrieved on March 24 2013
- ^ Template:Ro harghita.insse.ro - Recensământul Populaţiei şi al locuinţelor 2011, judeţul Harghita (date provizorii)[permanent dead link]; retrieved on March 24 2013
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Tuşnad
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Tuşnadu Nou
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Vrabia