It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania, and is composed of three villages: The first written mention of the commune is from 1567 as Alffalw.

The villages belonged first to the Székely seat of Gyergyószék, which was subsequently absorbed into Csíkszék district, until the administrative reform of Transylvania in 1876, when they fell within Csík County in the Kingdom of Hungary.

After the Treaty of Trianon of 1920, they became part of Romania and fell within Ciuc County during the interwar period.

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

At the right hand-side from its entrance, a flagpole base can be seen which was raised in 1942 by villagers living in Budapest.