Şimoneşti

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Şimoneşti Siménfalva
Location of Şimoneşti
Coordinates: 46°20′0″N 25°6′0″E / 46.33333, 25.1
Country	Romania
County	Harghita County
Status	Commune
Government
- Mayor	Zoltán Péter (Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania)
Population (2002)
- Total	3,738
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
- Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Şimoneşti or Siménfalva (Romanian: Şimoneşti; Hungarian: Siménfalva) is a commune in Harghita County, Romania comprising of 14 villages:

• Benţid/Bencéd
• Cădaciu Mare/Nagykadács
• Cădaciu Mic/Kiskadács
• Ceheţel/Csehétfalva
• Chedia Mare/Nagykede
• Chedia Mică/Kiskede
• Cobăteşti/Kobátfalva
• Medişoru Mare/Medesér
• Mihăileni/Székelyszentmihály
• Nicoleni/Székelyszentmiklós
• Rugăneşti/Rugonfalva
• Şimoneşti/Siménfalva
• Tărceşti/Tarcsafalva
• Turdeni/Tordátfalva

[edit] Demographics

The commune has an absolute Székely (Hungarian) majority. According to the 2002 census it has a population of 3,738 of which 99.12% or 3,005 are Hungarian.

The former duke of Transylvania Mózes Székely had the center of his estates here Rulers of Transylvania

v • d • e Rural municipalities of Harghita County (alphabetical order by commune) Atid • Avrămeşti • Bilbor • Brădeşti • Căpâlniţa • Cârţa • Ciceu • Ciucsângeorgiu • Ciumani • Corbu • Corund • Cozmeni • Dăneşti • Dârjiu • Dealu • Ditrău • Feliceni • Frumoasa • Gălăutaş • Joseni • Lăzarea • Leliceni • Lueta • Lunca de Jos • Lunca de Sus • Lupeni • Mădăraş • Mărtiniş • Mereşti • Mihăileni • Mugeni • Ocland • Păuleni-Ciuc • Plăieşii de Jos • Porumbenii • Praid • Racu • Remetea • Săcel • Sâncrăieni • Sândominic • Sânmartin • Sânsimion • Sântimbru • Sărmaş • Satu Mare • Secuieni • Siculeni • Şimoneşti • Subcetate • Suseni • Tomeşti • Tulgheş • Tuşnad • Ulieş • Vărşag • Voşlăbeni • Zetea