| Tulgheş Gyergyótölgyes |
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| — Commune — | |
| The wooden church of the Romanian Orthodox community | |
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Tulgheş
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| Coordinates: | |
| Country | Romania |
| County | Harghita County |
| Population (2002)[1] | 3,596 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Postal Code | |
| Area code(s) | +40 266 |
| Website | www.tulghes.ro/index.php |
Tulgheş (Hungarian: Gyergyótölgyes or colloquially Tölgyes, Hungarian pronunciation: [’ɟɛrɟoːtølɟɛʃ], meaning "place with oak trees in Gyergyó") is a commune in Harghita County, Romania. It lies in eastern Transylvania. The commune is composed of four villages: Hagota (Hágótő), Pintic (Péntekpataka), Recea (Récefalva) and Tulgheş.
In 2002 it had 3,596 inhabitants: 2,455 Romanians, 1,114 Hungarians (Székelys), 23 Roma and four others. The main religions are Romanian Orthodox (2,355) and Roman Catholic (1,124).[2]
Tulgheş and Recea have ethnic Romanian majorities with large minorities of ethnic Hungarians, Pintic has an absolute Romanian majority, and Hagota has a Hungarian majority.
In Tulgheş, there is a mental hospital which used to be a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients. In the past, it was also used for the accommodation of 2000 - 3000 Greek children, who became orphans in the Greek Civil War (1946 - 1949).