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Praid
View on WikipediaPraid (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: Becaș (Békástanya), Bucin (Bucsin), Ocna de Jos (Alsósófalva), Ocna de Sus (Felsősófalva), Praid (Parajd), and Șașvereș (Sásverés).
Key Information
The route of the Via Transilvanica long-distance trail passes through the villages of Șașvereș and Praid.[3]
Demographics
[edit]The commune has an absolute Hungarian (Székely) majority. According to the 2011 census it has a population of 6,502, of which 91.68% are Hungarian and 2.65% Roma. 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.[4]
Natives
[edit]- Vilmos Nagy de Nagybaczon (1884–1976), commanding general of the Royal Hungarian Army
Tourism
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The commune's chief economic activity centers around the Praid salt mine that provides salt for both industrial and gastronomical use and attracts over 400,000 tourists every year.[citation needed]
See also
[edit]External links
[edit]- www.parajd.lap.hu (in Hungarian and Romanian)
- Salt mine official site
References
[edit]- ^ "2021 Romanian census". National Institute of Statistics.
- ^ "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ "Terra Siculorum | Via Transilvanica". www.viatransilvanica.com. Retrieved 2023-08-10.
- ^ Romanian Census 2002; retrieved on June 25, 2010
