Brâncovenești, Mureș
Brâncovenești
Marosvécs | |
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Country | Romania |
County | Mureș County |
Population (2002)[1] | 4,518 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Brâncovenești (formerly Ieciu and Delavrancea; Hungarian: Marosvécs, Hungarian pronunciation: [mɒroʃveːtʃ] or Vécs; German: Wetsch) is a commune in Mureș County, Romania.
The commune is composed of five villages: Brâncovenești, Idicel (Idecspatak), Idicel-Pădure (Erdőidecs), Săcalu de Pădure (Erdőszakál) and Vălenii de Mureș (Disznajó).
Within its area is the Brancovenesti castle, which was the only castle in Transilvania to survive the Mongol Invasion of Hungary in 1241-42. At the time, it was referred to as Vécs, and it guarded the salt mines of Gömör.
See also
46°52′N 24°46′E / 46.867°N 24.767°E
References
- ^ Romanian census data, 2002; retrieved on March 1, 2010