Boroșneu Mare ( ro, Boroşneu Mare; hu, Nagyborosnyó) is a commune in
Covasna County
Covasna County (, hu, Kovászna megye, ) is a county ( județ) of Romania, in eastern Transylvania, with the county seat at Sfântu Gheorghe.
Demographics
In 2011, it had a population of 210,177, making it the second least populous of Romania ...
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Transylvania
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Romania
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composed of six villages: Boroșneu Mare, Boroșneu Mic (''Kisborosnyó''), Dobolii de Sus (''Feldoboly''), Leț (''Lécfalva''), Țufalău (''Cófalva'') and Valea Mică (''Kispatak'').
Demographics
The commune has an absolute
Székely Hungarian majority. According to the 2002 census, it had a population of 3,074 of whom 95.48% or 2,935 were Hungarian.
Leț
Leț village, which lies on the
Dalnic River, had 650 people in 2002, of whom 557 were Székely. It was settled during the Stone Age. Evidence of multicoloured painting has been found which exhibits strong Bulgarian traits. The village was first mentioned in a document of 1333, when it was destroyed by the Mongols. It is the site of the Diet of Lécfalva (25 October 1600), notable for being the first time the word "
Unitarian" was used.
[A. Gordon, ''Heads of Unitarian History''] In 1960, the local manor was demolished.
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Communes in Covasna County
Localities in Transylvania