Băile Tușnad

Tuşnad ( German Bad Tusnad, Hungarian Tusnádfürdő ) is a town in Harghita County in Romania.

Geographical location

The small town is located in the eastern part of the Transylvania region and is one of the most famous resorts in the country. The nearest large city Miercurea Ciuc is situated approximately 30 km north of Tuşnad, the south is the city Sfântu Gheorghe, which is located in Covasna county.

History

1968 Tuşnad been declared a town, making it the smallest city in the country. The population was about the year 1996 1.859, of which 1,796 were of Hungarian nationality. The inhabitants are 95 % Székely, thus Tuşnad is one of the villages with a particularly large proportion of this ethnic group.

In Tusnádfürdő since the late 1980s, there will be a summer academy, together Magyar Hungarian intellectuals and politicians in the.