Praid

Praid Parajd
—  Commune  —
Location of Praid
Praid Parajd Location of Praid
Coordinates: 46°33′0″N 25°8′0″E / 46.55°N 25.133333°E / 46.55; 25.133333Coordinates: 46°33′0″N 25°8′0″E / 46.55°N 25.133333°E / 46.55; 25.133333
Country	Romania
County	Harghita County
Status	Commune
Government
– Mayor	Sándor Bokor (Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania)
Area
– Total	180.03 km2 (69.5 sq mi)
Population (2002)
– Total	6,846
– Density	37.97/km2 (98.3/sq mi)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
– Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Area code(s)	+40 266

Praid (Hungarian: Parajd, Hungarian pronunciation: [’pɒrɒjd]) is a commune in Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania, and is composed of six villages:

In Romanian	In Hungarian
Becaş	Békástanya
Bucin	Bucsin
Ocna de Jos	Alsósófalva
Ocna de Sus	Felsősófalva
Praid	Parajd
Şaşvereş	Sásverés

Demographics

The commune has an absolute Hungarian (Székely) majority. According to the 2002 census it has a population of 6,846 of which 96.91% or 6,635 are Hungarian. The 2002 Census reported 69.36% of the total population belonging to the Protestant Hungarian Reformed Church, while Roman Catholicism is professed by 22.46% of the respondents.^[1]

External links

• 360*180 degrees panoramic picture presenting Praid famous salt mine
• www.parajd.lap.hu (Hungarian) (Romanian)

References

1. ^ Romanian Census 2002; retrieved on June 25, 2010