Siculeni
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Siculeni Madéfalva |
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| Commune | |
Memorial of the Siculicidium
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 Location of Siculeni |
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 Siculeni
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| Coordinates: 46°25′0″N 25°45′0″E / 46.41667°N 25.75000°ECoordinates: 46°25′0″N 25°45′0″E / 46.41667°N 25.75000°E | |
| Country |
 Romania
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| County | Harghita County |
| Status | Commune |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | József Tamás (Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 39.39 km2 (15.21 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 2,711 |
| • Density | 70.17/km2 (181.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Postal Code | 537295 |
| Area code(s) | +40 266 |
| Website | www.madefalva.ro |
Siculeni (Hungarian: Madéfalva, Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈmɒdeːfɒlvɒ]) is a commune in Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania. The Siculicidium took place here.
The commune is composed of a single village, Siculeni. In 2004, four villages broke off to form Ciceu and Racu Communes.
According to the 2011 census, the commune has a population of 2,711. Of these, 94.46% were Hungarians and 5.49% Romanians.
The village was part of the Székely Land region of the historical Transylvania province.
Its Hungarian name was first recorded in 1567 in the form of Amadeffalwa (Amadé's village), and in 1602 the village is already mentioned by a shortened forms as Madéfalva which became the names of the village. The Romanian form of its name was Madefalău, The authorities renamed it for the current official name after 1919.
The Siculicidium, or the Massacre at Madéfalva of January 7, 1764 took place here. 200 Székely were killed by Maria Theresa's Habsburg army as the local Székely Hungarians refused to join as recruits the newly organized borderguard regiments. Following the massacre, a great number of Székely people began to flee the region crossing the Carpathian Mountains into Bukovina and Moldova. The massacre's Latin name is Siculicidium, traditionally written as SICVLICIDIVM. A monument in memory of the massacre was erected on October 8, 1905.
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