| Type: | commune |
| County: | Harghita |
| Subcetate | |
| Leader Name: | Vasile Rusu |
| Leader Party: | PSD |
| Leader Term: | 2020 - 2024 |
| Coordinates: | 46.85Ā°N 51Ā°W |
| Elevation: | 712 |
| Area Total: | 51.11 |
| Population Total: | auto |
| Postal Code: | 537300 |
| Area Code: | +40 x66 |
Subcetate (hu|GyergyĆ³vĆ”rhegy, Hungarian pronunciation: NaNgy; de|Burgberg) is a commune in Harghita County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of four villages: CÄlnaci (KalnĆ”cs), Duda (DudĆ”d), Filpea (FĆ¼lpe), and Subcetate.
The commune is situated at the northeastern edge of Transylvania, at an altitude of, in the eastern foothills of the Gurghiu Mountains, and lies on the banks of the MureČ River. Subcetate is located in the northwestern part of the county, on the border with MureČ County. The closest city is TopliČa, to the northwest; the county seat, Miercurea Ciuc, is to the south.
The Subcetate railway station serves the CFR Main Line 400, which connects BraČov to Satu Mare. The commune is crossed by county road DJ153D, which ends to the north in national road (part of European route E578) that runs from ChichiČ, Covasna County to TopliČa.
According to the census in 2002 the commune had a population of 2,105. Ethnic Romanians were the majority, with 1,960 people (93%); although Subcetate historically belongs to the SzƩkely Land, only 100 Hungarians (5%) lived in the village in 2002. 94% of the population followed the Romanian Orthodox faith. At the 2021 census, Subcetate had 1,684 inhabitants; of those, 91.33% were Romanians, 2.97% Hungarians, and 1.54% Roma.[1]
