Brădești, Harghita


Brădești is a commune in Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania. The commune is composed of two villages:
In RomanianIn Hungarian
BrădeștiFenyéd
TârnovițaKüküllőkeményfalva

History

Until the reorganization of the system of the local administration of Transylvania in 1876, the village belonged to the Udvarhelyszék, then, from 1876 till 1918, to Udvarhely County in the Kingdom of Hungary. After the Treaty of Trianon of 1920, it became part of Romania.

Demographics

At the 2011 census, the commune had a population of 1,915; out of them, 1,871 were Hungarian, 20 were Romanian and 3 were Roma. 83% of the commune population are Roman Catholic, 10% are Reformed, 4% are Unitarian and 1% are Orthodox.