Gălăuțaș | |
Other Name: | Galócás |
Type: | commune |
County: | Harghita |
Population Total: | auto |
Leader Name: | Radu Țăran[1] |
Leader Party: | PSD |
Term: | 2020 - 2024 |
Coordinates: | 46.9167°N 51°W |
Gălăuțaș (Hungarian: Galócás) is a commune in Harghita County, Transylvania, Romania. 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% were Romanian, 20% were Hungarian and 1.1% were Roma.[2]
Gălăuțaș is the birthplace of Jewish-Transylvanian sculptor Márton Izsák.