Bixad, Covasna

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Bixad
Sepsibükszád
Commune
Coat of arms of Bixad
Coat of arms
Bixad is located in Romania
Bixad
Bixad
Location of Bixad, Covasna
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Country  Romania
County Covasna County
Status Commune
Government
 • Mayor Bács Márton Csaba
Population (2011)
 • Total 1,774
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Bixad (Hungarian: Sepsibükszád, Hungarian pronunciation: [ʃɛpʃibyksaːd]) is a commune in Covasna County, Transylvania, Romania. Composed of a single village, Bixad, it was joined to Malnaș in 1968. It once again became an independent commune when it split off in 2004. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania.

Demographics

The commune has an absolute Székely Hungarian majority. According to the 2011 Census it has a population of 1,774 of which 97.01% or 1,721 are Hungarian.

Tourist attractions

  • Mikes Armin school which was the hunting lodge of the Mikes family and built by Count Ármin Mikes around 1900. Apart from the school the building hosts a little museum displaying glass from the factory which was operated by the Mikó and later the Mikes family in the village until 1918.
  • The so called Mikes Spas: the Vallato, the Hammas and the Bükki Spa.

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