Tomești

History

Its name was first mentioned in 1333 when, a sacerdos de Sancto Toma, a priest from St Thomas was mentioned. In 1441, it is recorded by its Hungarian names as Zenth Thamas, in 1549 as Szent Tamás. Until 1919, its Romanian name was Sântămas. The village was part of the Székely Land region of the historical Transylvania province. It belonged to Csíkszék district until the administrative reform of Transylvania in 1876, when fell within the Csík County in the Kingdom of Hungary. After the Treaty of Trianon of 1920, it became part of Romania and fell within Ciuc County during the interwar period. In 1940, the second Vienna Award granted Northern Transylvania to Hungary and the village was held by Hungary until 1944. After Soviet occupation, the Romanian administration returned and the commune became officially 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 province was abolished, and since then, the commune has been part of Harghita County.

Most-observed species

• Coal Tit

  Periparus ater (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  89
• Common Chaffinch

  Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  82
• Red Crossbill

  Loxia curvirostra Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  70
• Common Raven

  Corvus corax Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  57
• White Stork

  Ciconia ciconia (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  55
• Annual Fleabane

  Erigeron annuus (L.) Pers. · Magnoliopsida
  54
• Common Buzzard

  Buteo buteo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  48
• Eurasian Treecreeper

  Certhia familiaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  48

Most recent

• M 4.4 — 2011-06-24
  3 km SE of Ostra, Romania
• M 4.5 — 2008-09-06
  11 km SW of Tulnici, Romania
• M 3.2 — 2008-06-20
  1 km N of Câmpurile de Jos, Romania
• M 3.4 — 2008-06-05
  2 km N of Comand?u, Romania
• M 3.7 — 2007-12-23
  7 km NE of Comand?u, Romania
• M 3.8 — 2007-06-23
  2 km SW of Comand?u, Romania