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Praid

Field	Value
type	commune
county	Harghita
official_name	Praid
other_name	Parajd
image_skyline	Parajd2.jpg
image_map	Praid jud Harghita.png
map_caption	Location in Harghita County
leader_name	László Nyágrus
leader_party	UDMR
term	2020–2024
coordinates
elevation	506
area_total	180.03
population_total	auto
postal_code	537240
area_code	+40 266
website

Praid (, Hungarian pronunciation: ; ) 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).

The route of the Via Transilvanica long-distance trail passes through the villages of Șașvereș and Praid.

Demographics

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.

Natives

Vilmos Nagy de Nagybaczon (1884–1976), commanding general of the Royal Hungarian Army

Tourism

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.

References

"Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau.
"Terra Siculorum {{!}} Via Transilvanica".
[http://www.edrc.ro/recensamant.jsp?regiune_id=2568&judet_id=2739 Romanian Census 2002]; retrieved on June 25, 2010

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