Type: | commune |
County: | Harghita |
Population Total: | auto |
Avrămești | |
Other Name: | Szentábrahám |
Leader Name: | Dezső-Szabolcs Simó[1] |
Leader Party: | UDMR |
Term: | 2020 - 2024 |
Area Total Km2: | 28.19 |
Postal Code: | 537010 |
Area Code: | +40 266 |
Coordinates: | 46.3333°N 26°W |
Avrămești (Hungarian: Szentábrahám, Hungarian pronunciation: NaNsz, meaning "St. Abraham") is a commune in Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania.
The commune is composed of eight villages:
In Hungarian | ||
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Andreeni | Magyarandrásfalva | |
Avrămești | Szentábrahám | |
Cechești | Csekefalva | |
Firtănuș | Firtosmartonos | |
Goagiu | Gagy | |
Medișoru Mic | Kismedesér | |
Laz-Firtănuș | Firtosmartonosi Láz | |
Laz-Șoimuș | Solymosi Láz |
Before the 1876 administrative reform of Transylvania, the village formed part of the Székely seat of Udvarhelyszék, then becoming, until 1918, a part of Udvarhely County in the Kingdom of Hungary. After the Treaty of Trianon of 1920, it became part of Romania.
At the 2011 census, the commune had a population of 2,465; out of them, 2,105 (85.4%) were Hungarian, 278 (11.3%) were Roma and 17 (0.7%) were Romanian.[2] 65% of the commune population are Unitarian, 17% are Reformed, 6% are Roman Catholic and 1% are Orthodox.[3]