Praid
| Praid Parajd |
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|---|---|
| Commune | |
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| Location in Harghita County Location in Harghita County |
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| Country |  Romania |
| County | Harghita |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2024) | László Nyágrus[1] (UDMR) |
| Area | 180.03 km2 (69.51 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. |
| Time zone | EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3) |
| Area code | +40 266 |
| Vehicle registration | HR |
Praid (Hungarian: Parajd, Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈpɒrɒjd]; German: Salzberg) is a commune in Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania, and is composed of six villages:
| In Romanian | In Hungarian |
|---|---|
| Becaș | Békástanya |
| Bucin | Bucsin |
| Ocna de Jos | Alsósófalva |
| Ocna de Sus | Felsősófalva |
| Praid | Parajd |
| Șașvereș | Sásverés |
Demographics
The commune has an absolute Hungarian (Székely) majority. According to the 2002 census it has a population of 6,846 of which 96.91% or 6,635 are Hungarian. The 2002 Census reported 69.36% of the total population belonging to the Protestant Hungarian Reformed Church, while Roman Catholicism is professed by 22.46% of the respondents.[3]
Tourism
The commune's chief economic activity centers around the salt mine that provides salt for both industrial and gastronomical use and attracts over 400,000 tourists every year.[citation needed]
External links
- www.parajd.lap.hu Script error: No such module "In lang".
- Salt mine official site
References
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- ↑ Romanian Census 2002; retrieved on June 25, 2010
