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{{Infobox Romanian subdivision
|type               = commune
|county             = Covasna
|official_name      = Reci
|other_name         = Réty
|subdivisions       = 
|image_flag         =
|image_shield       = ROU CV Reci CoA.PNG
|image_skyline      = RO CV Biserica reformata din Reci (42).jpg
|image_caption      = Reformed church in Reci
|image_location     = 
|image_map          = Reci jud Covasna.png
|map_caption        = Location in Covasna County
|leader_name        = Lehel-Lajos Dombora<ref>{{cite web |url=https://prezenta.roaep.ro/locale27092020/romania-pv-final |title=Results of the 2020 local elections |publisher=Central Electoral Bureau |access-date=10 June 2021 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|leader_party       = UDMR
|term               = 2020&ndash;2024
|coordinates        = {{coord|45|51|N|25|56|E|region:RO|display=inline,title}}
|elevation          = 548
|elevation_min      = 
|elevation_max      = 
|area_total         = 39.92
|area_footnotes     = 
|population_as_of   = 
|population_total   = auto
|population_footnotes = 
|postal_code        = 527145 
|area_code          = (+40) 02 67
|website            = {{URL|https://reci.ro/}}
}}

'''Reci''' ({{langx|hu|Réty}}, <small>Hungarian pronunciation</small>: {{convertIPA-hu|’|r|é|ty}}) is a commune in [[Covasna County]], [[Transylvania]], [[Romania]] composed of four villages: Aninoasa (''Egerpatak''), Bita (''Bita''), Reci, and Saciova (''Szacsva''). It also included the village of Comolău (''Komolló'') until 1968, when it was disestablished.

== Geography ==
The commune is situated in the {{ill|Brașov Depression|ro|Depresiunea Brașovului}}, in the historical [[Székely Land]] region of southeastern Transylvania. It is positioned southeast of the {{ill|Bodoc Mountains|ro|Munții Bodoc}}, at an altitude of {{cvt|548|m}}, on the banks of the [[Râul Negru]] and its tributaries, the rivers [[Covasna (Râul Negru)|Covasna]] and [[Pădureni (Râul Negru)|Pădureni]].

Reci is located in the southern part of Covasna County, in between the county seat, [[Sfântu Gheorghe]], {{cvt|13|km}} to the west, the town of [[Covasna]], {{cvt|22|km}} to the east, and the city of [[Târgu Secuiesc]], {{cvt|27|km}} to the northeast. It is crossed by [[Roads in Romania|national road]] {{ill|DN13E|ro}}, which starts in [[Întorsura Buzăului]], at the southern limit of the county, passes through Covasna and Sfântu Gheorghe, and ends in [[Feldioara]], {{cvt|38|km}} to the west, in [[Brașov County]]. At the western end of the commune is the {{ill|DN11|ro}} road (part of [[European route E574]]), which starts in [[Brașov]], passes through Târgu Secuiesc and [[Onești]], and ends in [[Bacău]]. The Bita train station serves the [[Căile Ferate Române|CFR]] [[Căile Ferate Române Line 400|Line 404]], which connects Sfântu Gheorghe to Covasna.

== History ==
A [[Roman Empire|Roman]] settlement (the [[Castra of Reci]]) was discovered in Comolău village (now part of Reci); dating from the 4th century, the [[castra]] belonged to the [[Chernyakhov culture|Sântana de Mureș culture]]. A settlement and a grave from the 10th&ndash;11th centuries were discovered on the right bank of the Râul Negru. Until 1918, the village belonged to the [[Háromszék County]] of [[Austro-Hungary]]. In the immediate aftermath of [[World War I]], following the declaration of the [[Union of Transylvania with Romania]], the area passed under Romanian administration during the [[Hungarian–Romanian War]] of 1918–1919. By the terms of the [[Treaty of Trianon]] of 1920, it became part of the [[Kingdom of Romania]].

In 1925, the commune fell within [[Plasă|Plasa]] [[Covasna]] of [[Trei Scaune County]]. In August 1940, under the auspices of [[Nazi Germany]], which imposed the [[Second Vienna Award]], [[Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946)|Hungary]] retook the territory of [[Northern Transylvania]] (which included Reci) from Romania. Towards the end of [[World War II]], however, the commune was taken back from Hungarian and [[Nazi Germany|German]] troops by Romanian and [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] forces in September 1944. In 1950, after [[Socialist Republic of Romania|Communist Romania]] was established, Reci became part of the Târgu Secuiesc [[Raion]] of [[Stalin Region]]. From 1952 and 1960, it was part of the [[Magyar Autonomous Region]], and between 1960 and 1968 it reverted to [[Stalin Region|Brașov Region]]. In 1968, when Romania was reorganized based on counties rather than regions, Reci became part of Covasna County.

==Demographics==
{{Historical populations
|source = Census data
|1850 |2497
|1941 |2857
|2002 |2234
|2011 |2304
|2021 |2259
}}
The commune has an absolute [[Székelys|Székely]] [[Hungarians in Romania|Hungarian]] majority. According to the 2002 census, it had a population of 2,234, of which 98.88% or 2,209 were Hungarians. At the [[2021 Romanian census|2021 census]], Reci had 2,259 inhabitants; of those, 94.07% were Hungarians and 2.7% [[Romanians]].<ref name="RPL2021">{{cite web|url=https://www.recensamantromania.ro/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Tabel-1.03_1.3.1-si-1.03.2.xls|title=Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021|publisher=[[National Institute of Statistics (Romania)|INSSE]]|language=ro|date=31 May 2023}}</ref>

== Natives ==
*[[Imre Dimény]] (1922 – 2017), Hungarian agrarian engineer and Communist politician

==Twin towns==
*{{flag|Hungary}}: [[Abony]]
*{{flag|Slovakia}}: [[Čiližská Radvaň]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Gallery
|File:Reci Lake - panoramio.jpg|Reci Lake
|File:RO CV Reci (3).jpg|Antos mansion in Reci
|File:RO CV Reci (5).jpg|Salamon house in Reci
|File:Szacsva1.JPG|Reformed church in Saciova
}}

{{Covasna County}}

[[Category:Communes in Covasna County]]
[[Category:Localities in Transylvania]]