It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania, and is composed of two villages: The name of the commune was first recorded in 1332 when its priest was mentioned as "sacerdos de Lueche".

The name derives from the ancient form of the Hungarian name Levente worn by several members of the Árpád dynasty.

[3] The villages belonged to Udvarhelyszék district until the administrative reform of Transylvania in 1876, when they fell within the Udvarhely County in the Kingdom of Hungary.

After Soviet occupation, the Romanian administration returned and the village became officially part of Romania in March 1945.

The villages are twinned with: This Harghita County location article is a stub.