It is composed of twelve villages: Aldea (Abásfalva), Bădeni (Bágy), Călugăreni (Homoródremete), Chinușu (Kénos), Comănești (Homoródkeményfalva), Ghipeș (Gyepes), Locodeni (Lókod), Mărtiniș, Orășeni (Városfalva), Petreni (Homoródszentpéter), Rareș (Recsenyéd), and Sânpaul (Homoródszentpál).

It is situated at the southeastern edge of the Transylvanian Plateau, at an altitude of 498 m (1,634 ft), on the banks of the river Homorodul Mare.

Roman coins were also unearthed in the village and a small lake reminiscent of the place of an abandoned salt mine suggest that it was also inhabited in Roman times The village gained its name, when King Géza II of Hungary founded settlements in the Great-Homorod Valley in the middle of the 12th century.

This is supported by the fact that all the churches of the Homorod area were built in a style which is characteristic for the era following the Mongol Invasion.

The villages forming the commune administratively belonged to Udvarhelyszék, then, from 1876 until 1918 to Homoród district of Udvarhely County in the Kingdom of Hungary.