Type: | commune |
County: | Harghita |
Official Name: | Păuleni-Ciuc |
Other Name: | Csíkpálfalva |
Leader Name: | Csaba Ferencz[1] |
Leader Party: | UDMR |
Term: | 2020 - 2024 |
Coordinates: | 46.4°N 75°W |
Elevation: | 743 |
Area Total: | 49.56 |
Population Total: | auto |
Postal Code: | 537230 |
Area Code: | (+40) 0266 |
Păuleni-Ciuc (hu|Csíkpálfalva or colloquially Pálfalva, Hungarian pronunciation:NaNcs, meaning Paul's Village of Csík) is a commune in Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania, and is composed of three villages: Delnița (Csíkdelne), Păuleni-Ciuc, and Șoimeni (Csíkcsomortán).
The commune has an absolute Székely (Hungarian) majority. According to the 2011 census it had a population of 1,831, of which 97,16% were Hungarians and 1.64% Romanians. At the 2021 census, Păuleni-Ciuc had 2,057 inhabitants; of those, 91.49% were Hungarians and 1.07% Romanians.[2]