| Avrămeşti Szentábrahám |
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Avrămeşti
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| Coordinates: | |
| Country | Romania |
| County | Harghita County |
| Status | Commune |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Zsigmond Barabás (Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 28.19 km2 (10.9 sq mi) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 2,517 |
| • Density | 88.28/km2 (228.6/sq mi) |
| Ethnicity[1] | |
| • Hungarians | 97.69% |
| • Gypsies | 1.74% |
| • Romanians | 0.55% |
| Religion | |
| • Unitarian | 73.65% |
| • Reformed | 17.79% |
| • Roman-Catholic | 4.88% |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Postal Code | 537010 |
| Area code(s) | +40 266 |
| Website | www.szentabraham.ro |
Avrămeşti (Hungarian: Szentábrahám, Hungarian pronunciation: [’sɛntɒbrɒhaːm], meaning "St. Abraham") is a commune in Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania.
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The commune is composed of eight villages:
| In Romanian | In Hungarian |
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| Andreeni | Magyarandrásfalva |
| Avrămeşti | Szentábrahám |
| Cecheşti | Csekefalva |
| Firtănuş | Firtosmartonos |
| Goagiu | Gagy |
| Medişoru Mic | Kismedesér |
| Laz-Firtănuş | Firtosmartonosi Láz |
| Laz-Şoimuş | Solymosi Láz |
Before the 1876 administrative reform of Transylvania, the village formed part of the Székely seat of Udvarhelyszék, then becoming, until 1918, a part of Udvarhely County in the Kingdom of Hungary. After the Treaty of Trianon of 1920, it became part of Romania.
The commune has an absolute Székely (Hungarian) majority. According to the 2002 census it has a population of 2,517 of which 97.69% or 2,459 are Hungarian. [2]