Its residents used to be engaged in the mining of iron ore and mercury which was a royal monopoly.

More recently, thermal water sources has been discovered in the area and there are still unexploited iron ore and andezit occurrences, too.

The village historically belonged to the Székely seat of Csíkszék until the administrative reform of Transylvania in 1876, when it fell within Csík County in the Kingdom of Hungary.

After the Treaty of Trianon of 1920, it 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.