Racu

For the village in Vâlcea County, see Mitrofani.

Racu Csíkrákos
—  Commune  —
Roman Catholic fortified church
Coat of arms
Location of Racu
Racu Csíkrákos Location of Racu
Coordinates: 46°27′0″N 25°45′45″E / 46.45°N 25.7625°E / 46.45; 25.7625Coordinates: 46°27′0″N 25°45′45″E / 46.45°N 25.7625°E / 46.45; 25.7625
Country	Romania
County	Harghita County
Status	Commune
Government
– Mayor	Attila Császár (Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
– Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal Code	537225
Area code(s)	+40 266
Website	www.rakos.ro

Racu (Hungarian: Csíkrákos, Hungarian pronunciation: [’tʃiːkraːkoʃ], meaning "Place with the Crabs of Csík") is a commune in Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania.

Component villages

The commune is composed of two villages:

In Romanian	In Hungarian
Racu	Csíkrákos
Satu Nou	Göröcsfalva

History

The villages were part of the Székely Land region of the historical Transylvania province. They belonged to Csíkszék district. After the administrative reform of Transylvania in 1876, they fell within the Csík County in the Kingdom of Hungary. After the Treaty of Trianon of 1920, they became part of Romania and fell within Ciuc County during the interwar period. In 1940, the second Vienna Award granted Northern Transylvania to Hungary and the villages were held by Hungary until 1944. After Soviet occupation, the Romanian administration returned and the commune became officially part of Romania in 1947. Between 1952 and 1960, the commune fell within the Magyar Autonomous Region, between 1960 and 1968 the Mureş-Magyar Autonomous Region. In 1968, the province was abolished, and since then, the commune has been part of Harghita County.

Demographics

Formerly part of Siculeni commune, the two villages broke off in 2004 with a population of approximately 1,500. The commune has an absolute Székely Hungarian majority. (For ethnic composition check demographics for Siculeni.) ^[1]

Twinnings

• Boda, Hungary

Maps

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  The village hall

• 

  As Rákos on Josephinische Landaufnahme, 1769-73

• 

  As Rákos on Josephinische Landaufnahme, 1769-73

References

1. ^ "Etnikai statisztikák" (in Hungarian). Árpád E. Varga. http://varga.adatbank.transindex.ro/?pg=3&action=etnik&id=499. Retrieved 2010-06-25.