Dealu ( hu, Oroszhegy, meaning "Russian Mountain";
Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a commune in
Harghita County,
Romania. It lies in the
Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern
Transylvania. The commune is known for its plum-based
pálinka and is composed of seven villages:
*Dealu / Oroszhegy
*Fâncel / Székelyfancsal
*Sâncrai / Székelyszentkirály
*Tămașu / Székelyszenttamás
*Tibod / Tibód
*Ulcani / Ülke
*Valea Rotundă / Uknyéd
History
The villages belonged to the Székely seat of
Udvarhelyszék until the administrative reform of Transylvania in 1876, when they fell within the
Udvarhely County
Udvarhely (german: Oderhellen) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in central Romania (eastern Transylvania). The capital of the county was ''Székelyudvarhely'' (now Odorheiu Secuiesc).
Geogr ...
in the
Kingdom of Hungary. After the
Treaty of Trianon of 1920, they became part of
Romania and fell within Odorhei County during the interwar period. In 1940, the
Second Vienna Award granted the
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
Hungarian Autonomous Province
The Magyar Autonomous Region (1952–1960) (Romanian: ''Regiunea Autonomă Maghiară'', Hungarian: ''Magyar Autonóm Tartomány'') and Mureș-Magyar Autonomous Region (1960–1968) were autonomous regions in the Romanian People's Republic (later ...
, between 1960 and 1968 the Mureș-Hungarian Autonomous Province. In 1968, the province was abolished, and since then, the commune has been part of Harghita County.
Demographics
At the 2011 census, the commune had a population of 3,907; out of them, 99% were
Hungarian and 0.4% were
Romanian
Romanian may refer to:
*anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania
**Romanians, an ethnic group
**Romanian language, a Romance language
***Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language
**Romanian cuisine, traditional ...
.
Tab8. Populaţia stabilă după etnie – judeţe, municipii, oraşe, comune
2011 census results, Institutul Național de Statistică, accessed 20 February 2020.
References
{{Communes of Harghita County
Székely communities
Communes in Harghita County
Localities in Transylvania
