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Tușnad

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Country
  
Romania

Status
  
Commune

Local time
  
Monday 7:20 AM

County
  
Harghita County

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

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Weather
  
-4°C, Wind NW at 11 km/h, 93% Humidity

Tușnad (Hungarian: Tusnád, [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:

Contents

Map of Tu%C8%99nad 537335, Romania

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.

References

Tușnad Wikipedia