Păuleni-Ciuc

Păuleni-Ciuc Csíkpálfalva
—  Commune  —
Location of Păuleni-Ciuc
Coordinates: 46°24′0″N 25°50′0″E / 46.4°N 25.833333°E / 46.4; 25.833333Coordinates: 46°24′0″N 25°50′0″E / 46.4°N 25.833333°E / 46.4; 25.833333
Country	Romania
County	Harghita County
Status	Commune
Government
– Mayor	Csaba Ferencz (Independent)
Population (2002)
– Total	1,736
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
– Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Păuleni-Ciuc (Hungarian: Csíkpálfalva or colloquially Pálfalva, Hungarian pronunciation:[’tʃiːkpaːlfɒlvɒ], meaning Paul's Village of Csík) is a commune in Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania, and is composed of three villages:

In Romanian	In Hungarian
Delniţa	Csíkdelne
Păuleni-Ciuc	Csíkpálfalva
Şoimeni	Csíkcsomortán

Demographics

Fortified church of Delnița

The commune has an absolute Székely (Hungarian) majority. According to the 2002 census it has a population of 1,736 of which 98.16% or 1,704 are Hungarian.^[1]

References

1. ^ Romanian Census 2002; retrieved on June 21, 2010