Tușnad

For other uses, see Tușnad (disambiguation).

Tușnad Tusnád
—  Commune  —
Location of Tușnad
Coordinates: 46°12′0″N 25°54′0″E / 46.2°N 25.9°E / 46.2; 25.9Coordinates: 46°12′0″N 25°54′0″E / 46.2°N 25.9°E / 46.2; 25.9
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

Demographics

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]}.

Name

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.

References

1. ^ Romanian Census 2002; retrieved on July 24, 2010
2. ^ Romanian Statistical Bureau