Praid

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Praid Parajd
Location of Praid
Coordinates: 46°33′0″N 25°8′0″E / 46.55, 25.13333
Country	Romania
County	Harghita County
Status	Commune
Government
- Mayor	Sándor Bokor (Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania)
Population (2002)
- Total	6,846
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
- Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Praid or Parajd (Romanian: Praid; Hungarian: Parajd) is a commune in Harghita County, Romania comprising 6 villages:

• Becaş/Békástelep
• Bucin/Bucsin
• Ocna de Jos/Alsósófalva
• Ocna de Sus/Felsősófalva
• Praid/Parajd
• Şaşvereş/Szászveres

[edit] Demographics

The commune has an absolute Székely (Hungarian) majority. According to the 2002 census it has a population of 6,846 of which 96.92% or 6,635 are Hungarian.

v • d • e Rural municipalities of Harghita County (alphabetical order by commune) Atid • Avrămeşti • Bilbor • Brădeşti • Căpâlniţa • Cârţa • Ciceu • Ciucsângeorgiu • Ciumani • Corbu • Corund • Cozmeni • Dăneşti • Dârjiu • Dealu • Ditrău • Feliceni • Frumoasa • Gălăutaş • Joseni • Lăzarea • Leliceni • Lueta • Lunca de Jos • Lunca de Sus • Lupeni • Mădăraş • Mărtiniş • Mereşti • Mihăileni • Mugeni • Ocland • Păuleni-Ciuc • Plăieşii de Jos • Porumbenii • Praid • Racu • Remetea • Săcel • Sâncrăieni • Sândominic • Sânmartin • Sânsimion • Sântimbru • Sărmaş • Satu Mare • Secuieni • Siculeni • Şimoneşti • Subcetate • Suseni • Tomeşti • Tulgheş • Tuşnad • Ulieş • Vărşag • Voşlăbeni • Zetea

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