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Dârjiu (Hungarian: Székelyderzs) is a commune in Harghita County, Romania comprising of 2 villages:

• Dârjiu/Székelyderzs
• Mujna/Székelymuzsna

Demographics

The commune has an absolute Székely (Hungarian) majority. According to the 2002 census it has a population of 1,177 of which 98.3% or 1,157 are Hungarian.

Sights of Interest

The village is home to a 13th Century fortified Unitarian Church, which is on UNESCO's World Heritage List.

Unitarism is has been an official religion in Transylvania since the 1583 Medgyes parliament. The First bishop was Ferenc Dávid, a local Saxon.

The first ruler of the independent Transylvania was the Unitarian Zsigmond János / John II Sigismund Zápolya, son of the Hungarian king János Sapolyai (1526-1541) / John Zápolya.

Still 80-100.000 Unitarians live in Transylvania, mostly between Sighişoara (Segesvár) to Odorheiu Secuiesc (Székelyudvarhely), more or less around Dârjiu (Székelyderzs). Further East Hungarians are Catholic with Calvinist enclaves (e.g. in Háromszék, while Csík is pure Catholic)

The murals show the Ladislaus I of Hungary legend (Cumans broke into Hungary, Ladislaus duke along with his cousin King Salamon I. (Solomon of Hungary) rode against them and freed a girl believed to be daughter of a aristocrat from a Cuman, but she did not support this act).

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Communes and villages in TransylvaniaHarghita County