Ulieş

For the village in Hunedoara County, see Gurasada. For the village in Mureş County, see Râciu.

Ulieş Kányád
—  Commune  —
Location of Ulieş
Country	Romania
County	Harghita County
Status	Commune
Government
– Mayor	József Toró (Independent)
Area
– Total	65.29 km2 (25.2 sq mi)
Population (2002)
– Total	1,273
– Density	19.49/km2 (50.5/sq mi)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
– Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal Code	537340
Area code(s)	+40 266

Ulieş (Hungarian: Kányád) is a commune in Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania.

Component villages

The commune is composed of eight villages:

In Romanian	In Hungarian
Daia	Székelydálya
Iaşu	Jásfalva
Ighiu	Ége
Nicoleşti	Miklósfalva
Obrăneşti	Abránfalva
Petecu	Petek
Ulieş	Kányád
Vasileni	Homoródszentlászló

Demographics

The commune has an absolute Székely Hungarian majority. According to the 2002 census it has a population of 1,273 of which 98.59% or 1,255 are Hungarian.^[1]

References

1. ^ Official census 2002

Coordinates: 46°13′N 25°14′E / 46.217°N 25.233°E / 46.217; 25.233