Borsec

Also known as Borszék, Bad Borseck, Borszek

Borsec (, ) is a town in Harghita County, Transylvania, Romania. The town and the surrounding areas are well known for their spas and mineral waters. It has a population of 2,585, with a majority of ethnic Hungarians (more specifically Szeklers).

Key facts

Romanian subdivision.type: town
Romanian subdivision.county: Harghita
Romanian subdivision.map_caption: Location in Harghita County
Romanian subdivision.official_name: Borsec
Romanian subdivision.other_name: Borszék
Romanian subdivision.image_shield: ROU_HR_Borsec_CoA.jpg
Romanian subdivision.image_map: Borsec jud Harghita.png
Romanian subdivision.image_skyline: 057 wiki 6-os forras.jpg
Romanian subdivision.leader_name: József Mik
Romanian subdivision.leader_term: 2024–2028
Romanian subdivision.leader_party: UDMR
Romanian subdivision.elevation

Article

10 sections

Contents

History
Geography
Mineral water springs – the main resource of Borsec
Indications of treatment (hydromineral, peloid, balneoclimatic)
Name
Tourism
Demographics
Exports
References
External links

==History== The town was historically part of the Székely Land area of Transylvania. Administratively, it belonged to Csíkszék until the administrative reform of Transylvania in 1876, when it fell within the Csík County in Austria-Hungary. After the Hungarian–Romanian War of 1919 and the Treaty of Trianon of 1920, it became part of the Kingdom of Romania and fell within Ciuc County during the interwar period. In 1940, the Second Vienna Award granted Northern Transylvania to Hungary and the settlement was held by Hungary until October 1944. After Soviet occupation, the Romanian administration returned in March 1945. Between 1952 and 1960, the town fell within the Magyar Autonomous Region, between 1960 and 1968 the Mureș-Magyar Autonomous Region.