The commune is composed of four villages: Hagota (Hágótő), Pintic (Péntekpataka), Recea (Récefalva), and Tulgheș.

This river flows from Călimani from an altitude of 1,350 m (4,430 ft) and crosses a total of 68.5 km (42.6 mi).

There is snow on the ground 80–100 days per year, with an average thickness of 250 cm in the higher mountain altitudes.

The community also benefits from a post office and several private trade shops, including a barber, shoemaker and blacksmith.

Those coming from Gheorgheni (Gyergyószentmiklós) used to climb up Mount Tătarul (Tatárhágó) and then descend via the Putna Valley, and, through Tulgheș, arrived in Moldavia.

However, it was later renamed officially Tulgheș after 1920, similar to Rezu Mare (Nagyréz), Pârâul Mărului (Marpatak), Gyergótölgyes, etc.