Sântimbru

History

The villages forming the commune were part of the Székely Land region of the historical Transylvania province. Between 1762 and 1851, the village belonged to military district of the 3rd Company of the First Székely Infantry Regiment. They belonged to Csíkszék district until the administrative reform of Transylvania in 1876, when they fell within the Csík County in the Kingdom of Hungary. After the Treaty of Trianon of 1920, they became part of Romania and fell within Ciuc County during the interwar period. In 1940, the second Vienna Award granted the Northern Transylvania to Hungary and the villages were held by Hungary until 1944. After Soviet occupation, the Romanian administration returned and the commune officially became part of Romania in 1947. Between 1952 and 1960, the commune fell within the Magyar Autonomous Region, between 1960 and 1968 the Mureș-Magyar Autonomous Region. In 1968, the autonomous region was abolished, and the commune has fallen within Harghita County. They used to be part of Sâncrăieni commune, but the villages broke off in 2004 forming the current commune.

Most-observed species

• Annual Fleabane

  Erigeron annuus (L.) Pers. · Magnoliopsida
  134
• Pineapple Weed

  Matricaria discoidea DC. · Magnoliopsida
  112
• False-acacia

  Robinia pseudoacacia L. · Magnoliopsida
  78
• Horse-radish

  Armoracia rusticana P.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb. · Magnoliopsida
  58
• Common Buzzard

  Buteo buteo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  53
• Japanese Knotweed

  Reynoutria japonica Houtt. · Magnoliopsida
  51
• Canadian Fleabane

  Erigeron canadensis L. · Magnoliopsida
  50
• White Stork

  Ciconia ciconia (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  43

Most recent

• M 4.4 — 2026-08-25
  13 km SSE of Comandău, Romania
• M 4.6 — 2026-08-11
  9 km ESE of Vama Buzăului, Romania
• M 4.5 — 2026-02-26
  1 km SSW of Paltin, Romania
• M 4.2 — 2025-10-25
  12 km W of Nereju Mic, Romania
• M 4.4 — 2025-08-24
  2 km S of Spulber, Romania
• M 4.1 — 2025-05-16
  13 km NNW of Gura Teghii, Romania