Praid


Praid 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:
In RomanianIn Hungarian
BecașBékástanya
BucinBucsin
Ocna de JosAlsósófalva
Ocna de SusFelsősófalva
PraidParajd
ȘașvereșSásverés

Demographics

The commune has an absolute Hungarian majority. According to the 2002 census it has a population of 6,846 of which 96.91% or 6,635 are Hungarian. 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.

Tourism

The commune's chief economic activity centers around the salt mine that both provides salt for industrial and attracts over 400,000 tourists every year.