Praid
Sign in to savePraid (, 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).
Key facts
- Romanian subdivision.type
- commune
- Romanian subdivision.county
- Harghita
- Romanian subdivision.official_name
- Praid
- Romanian subdivision.other_name
- Parajd
- Romanian subdivision.image_skyline
- Parajd2.jpg
- Romanian subdivision.image_map
- Praid jud Harghita.png
- Romanian subdivision.map_caption
- Location in Harghita County
- Romanian subdivision.leader_name
- László Nyágrus
- Romanian subdivision.leader_party
- UDMR
- Romanian subdivision.term
- 2020–2024
- Romanian subdivision.elevation
- 506
- Romanian subdivision.area_total
- 180.03
- Romanian subdivision.population_total
- auto
- Romanian subdivision.postal_code
- 537240
- Romanian subdivision.area_code
- +40 266
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of Romania
- Official name
- Praid
- Country
- Kingdom of Hungary
- Located in
- Harghita County
- Capital
- Praid
- Population
- 6542
- Area
- 180.030000
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Official website
- www.primaria-praid.ro
- Image
- Parajd2.jpg
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- contains settlement
- Șașvereș
- postal code
- 537240
- native label
- Parajd
- phone number
- +40-266240174
- street address
- str. Principala, Nr. 394, com. Praid
- Commons category
- Praid commune, Harghita
- population by native language
- 5988
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- historical region
- Transylvania
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Demographics
- Natives
- Tourism
- See also
- External links
- References
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Praid” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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