Malnaș ( hu, Málnás, Hungarian pronunciation: ) 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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composed of three villages: *Malnaș *Malnaș-Băi / Málnásfürdő * Valea Zălanului / Zalánpatak In 2004 Bixad and

Micfalău Micfalău ( hu, Mikóújfalu, Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a commune in Covasna County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Micfalău. History It formed part of the Székely Land region of the historical Transylvania pr ...

split from Malnaș and formed independent communes. Malnaș is in the northern part of Covasna County, in the Baraolt Mountains.

Demographics

The commune has an absolute Székely Hungarian majority. According to the 2002

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it has a population of 4,877 of which 96.49% or 4,706 are Hungarian.

Valea Zălanului

Valea Zălanului village, with a population of 149 in 2002, was first settled in the 16th century. In 2008,

Charles, Prince of Wales Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms. He was the longest-serving heir apparent and Prince of Wales and, at age 73, became the oldest person to a ...

bought a house in the village, which was probably founded by one of the Prince's Transylvanian ancestors. By 2013, when he made another purchase, he had four houses there.

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