| Tușnad Tusnád |
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|---|---|
| — Commune — | |
| Location of Tușnad | |
| Coordinates: | |
| Country | Romania |
| County | Harghita County |
| Status | Commune |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Endre Rafain (Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 2,114 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Tușnad (Hungarian: Tusnád, Hungarian pronunciation: [’tuʃnaːd]) 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 |
|---|---|
| Tușnad | Tusnád |
| Tușnadu Nou | Újtusnád |
| Vrabia | Csíkverebes |
The commune has an absolute Székely Hungarian majority. According to the 2002 census it has a population of 2,114 of which 92.3% or 1,930 are Hungarian [1] [2].
The village of Tusnád is often referred to as Tuşnad-Sat or Tusnád-Falu to avoid confusion with the touristic centre of Băile Tuşnad to the south. Romanian State Railways also makes this distinction.
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