Racu

Racu
Racu
Csíkrákos
—  Commune  —
Roman Catholic fortified church

Coat of arms
Location of Racu
RacuCsíkrákos is located in Romania
Racu
Csíkrákos
Location of Racu
Coordinates: 46°27′0″N 25°45′45″E / 46.45°N 25.7625°E / 46.45; 25.7625Coordinates: 46°27′0″N 25°45′45″E / 46.45°N 25.7625°E / 46.45; 25.7625
Country  Romania
County Harghita County
Status Commune
Government
 – Mayor Attila Császár (Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania)
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 – Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal Code 537225
Area code(s) +40 266
Website www.rakos.ro

Racu (Hungarian: Csíkrákos, Hungarian pronunciation: [’tʃiːkraːkoʃ], meaning "Place with the Crabs of Csík") is a commune in Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania.

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Component villages

The commune is composed of two villages:

In Romanian In Hungarian
Racu Csíkrákos
Satu Nou Göröcsfalva

History

The villages were part of the Székely Land region of the historical Transylvania province. They belonged to Csíkszék district. After the administrative reform of Transylvania in 1876, they fell within the Csík County in the Kingdom of Hungary. After the Treaty of Trianon of 1920, they became part of Romania and fell within Ciuc County during the interwar period. In 1940, the second Vienna Award granted Northern Transylvania to Hungary and the villages were held by Hungary until 1944. After Soviet occupation, the Romanian administration returned and the commune became officially part of Romania in 1947. Between 1952 and 1960, the commune fell within the Magyar Autonomous Region, between 1960 and 1968 the Mureş-Magyar Autonomous Region. In 1968, the province was abolished, and since then, the commune has been part of Harghita County.

Demographics

Formerly part of Siculeni commune, the two villages broke off in 2004 with a population of approximately 1,500. The commune has an absolute Székely Hungarian majority. (For ethnic composition check demographics for Siculeni.) [1]

Twinnings

Maps

References

  1. ^ "Etnikai statisztikák" (in Hungarian). Árpád E. Varga. http://varga.adatbank.transindex.ro/?pg=3&action=etnik&id=499. Retrieved 2010-06-25. 



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