It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania.

The village 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 the Treaty of Trianon of 1920, they became part of Romania and fell within Odorhei County during the interwar period.

After Soviet occupation, the Romanian administration returned and the commune became officially part of Romania in 1947.

[3] 96% of the commune population are Roman Catholic, 1% are Reformed, 1% are Unitarian and 0.2% are Orthodox.