Zetea ( hu, Zetelaka, Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a commune in the central part of Harghita County, Romania. The commune lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania.

Component villages

The commune is composed of six villages:

Geography

Zetea is located north of Odorheiu Secuiesc and west of the county seat, Miercurea Ciuc. The commune lies on the banks of the Târnava Mare river. The

Vărșag Vărșag ( hu, Székelyvarság or colloquially ''Varság'', Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a commune in Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania. It is composed of a single villa ...

is a left tributary of this river; it flows into the Târnava Mare near the Poiana Târnavei village.

Demographics

The commune has an absolute

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 ...

Hungarian majority. According to the 2011 census it had a population of 5,643 of which 96.72% or 5,721 were ethnic Hungarians and 1.19% were ethnic

Romani Romani may refer to: Ethnicities * Romani people, an ethnic group of Northern Indian origin, living dispersed in Europe, the Americas and Asia ** Romani genocide, under Nazi rule * Romani language, any of several Indo-Aryan languages of the Roma ...

Natives

* (1895–1953), Franciscan monk, writer, victim of the Communist regime * Ludwig Schneider (b. 1968), German wrestler

References

External links