Tușnad

For other uses, see Tușnad (disambiguation).

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
Tușnad	Tusnád
Tușnadu Nou	Újtusnád
Vrabia	Csíkverebes

Tușnad Tusnád
Commune
Location in Harghita County
Tușnad Location in Romania
Coordinates: 46°12′N 25°54′E
Country	Romania
County	Harghita
Government
• Mayor (2020–2024)	József Molnár[1] (UDMR)
Area	76.64 km2 (29.59 sq mi)
Population  (2021-12-01)[2]	2,006
• Density	26/km2 (68/sq mi)
Time zone	EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Vehicle reg.	HR

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.

Natives

• Iuliana Simon

References

1. "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
2. "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.

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  Tuşnad
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  Tuşnadu Nou
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  Vrabia