Mugeni ( hu, Bögöz ) is a commune in Harghita County,

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. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern

Transylvania Transylvania ( ro, Ardeal or ; hu, Erdély; german: Siebenbürgen) is a historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and south its natural border is the Carpathian Mountains, and to the west the Ap ...

Component villages

The commune is composed of eight villages: In 2004, the villages of Porumbenii Mari and Porumbenii Mici formed the commune of Porumbeni (''Nagygalambfalva''). The village of Betești (''Betfalva'') was transferred to the town of Cristuru Secuiesc that year.

History

The villages forming the present-day commune were part of the Székely Land region of the historical

province. They 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 ...

district until the administrative reform of Transylvania in 1876, when they fell within the Csík County in the

Kingdom of Hungary The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from the Middle Ages into the 20th century. The Principality of Hungary emerged as a Christian kingdom upon the coronation of the first king Stephen ...

. After the

Treaty of Trianon The Treaty of Trianon (french: Traité de Trianon, hu, Trianoni békeszerződés, it, Trattato del Trianon) was prepared at the Paris Peace Conference (1919–1920), Paris Peace Conference and was signed in the Grand Trianon château in ...

of 1920, they became part of

and fell within Ciuc County during the interwar period. In 1940, the second Vienna Award granted

Northern Transylvania Northern Transylvania ( ro, Transilvania de Nord, hu, Észak-Erdély) was the region of the Kingdom of Romania that during World War II, as a consequence of the August 1940 territorial agreement known as the Second Vienna Award, became part of ...

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 Mureș-Magyar Autonomous Region. In 1968, the province was abolished, and since then, the commune has been part of Harghita County.

Demographics

The commune has an absolute Hungarian (

Székely Székely may refer to: *Székelys, Hungarian people from the historical region of Transylvania, Romania **Székely Land, historic and ethnographic area in Transylvania, Romania * Székely (village), a village in northeastern Hungary *Székely (sur ...

) majority. According to the 2002 census it has a population of 5,869 of which 98.82% or 5,800 are Hungarian.

Notable people

Imre Palló Imre Palló (born Mátisfalva, Transylvania, 23 October 1891, died Budapest, 25 January 1978) was a Hungarian baritone, and later opera house manager.Várnai PP. Imre Palló. In: ''The New Grove Dictionary of Opera.'' Macmillan, London & New York ...

(1891–1978), leading baritone at the Budapest State Opera *Lajos Gidófalvy (1901–1945), military officer, antifascist activist *János Kardalus (1935–2006), ethnographer

Gallery

File:Josephinische Landaufnahme pg177.jpg, Josephinische Landaufnahme, 1769-1773 File:Josephinische Landaufnahme pg193.jpg, Josephinische Landaufnahme, 1769-1773

References

External links

Bögöz Church pictures by András Szász
{{Communes of Harghita County Communes in Harghita County Localities in Transylvania Székely communities