Gălăuțaș () is a commune in

Harghita County Harghita County (, and , ) is a county () in the center of Romania, in eastern Transylvania, with the county seat at Miercurea Ciuc. Demographics 2002 census In 2002, Harghita County had a population of 326,222 and a population density of ...

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. It is composed of eight villages: Dealu Armanului (''Ármándombja''), Gălăuțaș, Gălăuțaș-Pârău (''Galócáspatak''), Nuțeni (''Nucén''), Plopiș (''Ploptyis''), Preluca (''Preluka''), Toleșeni (''Tolésén''), and Zăpodea (''Zapodéa''). At the 2011 census, the commune had a population of 2,498; out of them, 76.14% were

Romanians Romanians (, ; dated Endonym and exonym, exonym ''Vlachs'') are a Romance languages, Romance-speaking ethnic group and nation native to Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. Sharing a Culture of Romania, ...

, 20.18% were

Hungarians Hungarians, also known as Magyars, are an Ethnicity, ethnic group native to Hungary (), who share a common Culture of Hungary, culture, Hungarian language, language and History of Hungary, history. They also have a notable presence in former pa ...

, and 1.12% were

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.Tab8. Populația stabilă după etnie – județe, municipii, orașe, comune
2011 census results,

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, accessed 20 February 2020. At the 2021 census, Gălăuțaș had 2,039 inhabitants; of those, 72.14% were Romanians, 19.96% Hungarians, and 1.23% Roma.

Natives

* Márton Izsák (1913–2004), sculptor

References

Communes in Harghita County Localities in Transylvania Székely communities {{Harghita-geo-stub