Frumoasa ( hu, Szépvíz or Csíkszépvíz, Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a commune in

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. It lies in the

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, an ethno-cultural region in eastern

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Component villages

The commune is composed of four villages:

History

The first written mention of the village is from 1567 as ''Zepwyz''. In 1602 it was recorded as ''Szépviz'' ("beautiful water"). Its original Romanian name derived from the Hungarian toponym as ''Ciuc-Sepviz'' which was Romanianized to its current official name in 1919.Transylvanian Toponym Book
According to tradition, the village's original name was ''Szépmező''. According to

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, it was founded during the reign of László I as a community of border guards for the defense of the Ghimeș pass, on the eastern border of the

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. The Roman Catholic chapel was built before 1694 by the Bíró family. The Roman Catholic church was built in 1892. The village administratively belonged to

Csíkszék Csíkszék () was one of the Székely seats in the historical Székely Land. It administered two sub-seats (Hungarian: ''fiúszék'', Latin: ''sedes filialis''), namely Gyergyószék and Kászonszék. It was divided on the natural borders of t ...

, then, from 1876 until 1918 to the

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in the Kingdom of Hungary. After World War I, by the terms of the

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of 1920, it became part of

. As a result of the

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, it belonged to Hungary again between 1940 and 1944. After World War II, it came under Romanian administration and became part of Romania in 1947. Between 1952 and 1960, it formed part of the

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; it then formed part of the Mureș-Hungarian Autonomous Province until it was abolished in 1968. Since then, the commune has been part of Harghita County.

Demographics

At the 2011 census, the commune had a population of 3,682; out of them, 94% were Hungarian, 2.3% were

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and 1.7% were

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.Tab8. Populaţia stabilă după etnie – judeţe, municipii, oraşe, comune
2011 census results,

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Tourist attractions

Saint Gregory the Illuminator Gregory the Illuminator (Classical Armenian orthography, Classical hy, Գրիգոր Լուսաւորիչ, Armenian orthography reform, reformed: Գրիգոր Լուսավորիչ, ''Grigor Lusavorich'';, ''Gregorios Phoster'' or , ''Gregorios P ...

Armenian Church *'Snowy' Virgin Mary Catholic Parish Church * Ruins of the St. Ladislaus Gothic chapel on Pagan Mountain * Biró-Chapel (Craftsmen's Chapel) * Ski track

Twin cities

Újkígyós Újkígyós is a large town in Békés County in the Southern Great Plain region of southeast Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and as of 2002, it had a population of 5,723. Although the "prefix" "új", meaning "new," seems to suggest th ...

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Gallery

Image:Josephinische Landaufnahme pg180.jpg, As "Szép Víz" on 18th century map (Josephine Land Survey) Image:Szépvízi-víztároló 1.jpg, The reservoir Image:Reservoir - víztározó (Csíkszépvíz-Frumoasa).jpg, The reservoir Image:Bükkloka view.jpg, View of Făgeţel (Bükkloka) Image:Csíkszépvíz church.JPG,

Saint Ladislaus Ladislaus I ( hu, László, hr, Ladislav, sk, Ladislav, pl, Władysław; 1040 – 29 July 1095), also known as Saint Ladislas, was King of Hungary from 1077 and King of Croatia from 1091. He was the second son of King Béla I of Hungary and ...

Church

References

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