Sâncrăieni
Sign in to saveSâncrăieni ( or colloquially Szentkirály, Hungarian pronunciation: , , both meaning "holy king" and referring to King St Stephen of Hungary) is a commune in Harghita County, Romania. Composed of a single village, Sâncrăieni, it lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania. The former Romanian name was Ciuc-Sâncraiu.
Key facts
- Romanian subdivision.type
- commune
- Romanian subdivision.county
- Harghita
- Romanian subdivision.population_total
- auto
- Romanian subdivision.map_caption
- Location in Harghita County
- Romanian subdivision.official_name
- Sâncrăieni
- Romanian subdivision.other_name
- Csíkszentkirály
- Romanian subdivision.image_shield
- ROU HR Sancraieni CoA.png
- Romanian subdivision.image_skyline
- Csíkszentimre.JPG
- Romanian subdivision.image_caption
- View of the village
- Romanian subdivision.image_map
- Sancraieni jud Harghita.png
- Romanian subdivision.leader_name
- Ernő Székely
- Romanian subdivision.leader_party
- UDMR
- Romanian subdivision.term
- 2020–2024
- Romanian subdivision.area_total_km2
- 53.30
- Romanian subdivision.postal_code
- 537265
- Romanian subdivision.area_code
- +40 266
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Sâncrăieni ( or colloquially Szentkirály, Hungarian pronunciation: , , both meaning "holy king" and referring to King St Stephen of Hungary) is a commune in Harghita County, Romania. Composed of a single village, Sâncrăieni, it lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania. The former Romanian name was Ciuc-Sâncraiu.
== Geography == The village is situated on the two banks of the Olt River at the northernmost end of the Lower Ciuc Basin 7 km from Miercurea Ciuc. It lies just in front of the Jigod pass which divides the Ciuc basin into its upper and lower part. The village is bounded by the foothills of the Ciuc Mountains in the east and by the Harghita range in the west.