Ulieș

Commune in Harghita County, Romania

Commune in Harghita, Romania

Ulieș Kányád
Commune
Reformed church in Daia
Location in Harghita County
(2020–2024)		Sándor György^[1] (UDMR)
Area	65.29 km² (25.21 sq mi)
Elevation	560 m (1,840 ft)
Population (2021-12-01)^[2]	1,068
• Density	16/km² (42/sq mi)
Time zone	EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Postal code	537340
Area code	+(40) 266
Vehicle reg.	HR
Website	www.comunaulies.ro

Ulieș (Hungarian: Kányád) 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 eight villages: Daia (Székelydálya), Iașu (Jásfalva), Ighiu (Ége), Nicolești (Miklósfalva), Obrănești (Abránfalva), Petecu (Petek), Ulieș, and Vasileni (Homoródszentlászló).

The route of the Via Transilvanica long-distance trail passes through the villages of Daia, Iașu, and Ulieș.^[3]

Demographics

The commune has an absolute Székely Hungarian majority. According to the 2002 census it had a population of 1,273, of which 98.59% or 1,255 were Hungarians.^[4] At the 2011 census, the commune had 1,193 inhabitants; of those, 91.03% were Hungarians, 4.78% Roma, and 1.17% Romanians. At the 2021 census, Ulieș had a population of 1,068, of which 90.17% were Hungarians.

References

^ "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
^ "Terra Siculorum | Via Transilvanica". www.viatransilvanica.com (in Romanian). Retrieved 2023-08-14.
^ "Structura Etno-demografică a României". www.edrc.ro.