Gheorgheni
Sign in to saveGheorgheni (; ) is a city in Harghita County, Romania, with a population of 15,844, as of 2021. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania. The city administers four villages: Covacipeter (Kovácspéter), Lacu Roșu (Gyilkostó), Vargatac (Vargatag), and Visafolio (Visszafolyó).
Key facts
- Romanian subdivision.type
- municipality
- Romanian subdivision.county
- Harghita
- Romanian subdivision.official_name
- Gheorgheni
- Romanian subdivision.other_name
- Gyergyószentmiklós
- Romanian subdivision.image_flag
- ROU HR Gheorgheni Flag.png
- Romanian subdivision.image_shield
- Coa_Romania_Town_Gyergyószentmiklós.svg
- Romanian subdivision.image_skyline
- Gheorgheni panorama.jpg
- Romanian subdivision.image_map
- Gheorgheni jud Harghita.png
- Romanian subdivision.map_caption
- Location in Harghita County
- Romanian subdivision.leader_name
- Zoltán Nagy
- Romanian subdivision.leader_term
- 2024–2028
- Romanian subdivision.elevation
- 816
- Romanian subdivision.area_total
- 90.17
- Romanian subdivision.population_total
- auto
- Romanian subdivision.postal_code
- 535500
- Romanian subdivision.area_code
- (+40) 02 66
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Gheorgheni (; ) is a city in Harghita County, Romania, with a population of 15,844, as of 2021. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania. The city administers four villages: Covacipeter (Kovácspéter), Lacu Roșu (Gyilkostó), Vargatac (Vargatag), and Visafolio (Visszafolyó).
== Geography == The city is located in the northeastern part of Harghita County, north of the county seat, Miercurea Ciuc. It is situated in a mountainous region, at an altitude of , and it is crossed east to west by the river Belcina, a right tributary of the river Mureș. Nearby are two natural sites, the Red Lake and Cheile Bicazului, a narrow canyon through the Eastern Carpathian Mountains forming the border with Neamț County.