Bereni

Bereni
Székelybere

Basic data

State :

Romania

Historical region :

Transylvania

Circle :

Mureș

Coordinates :

46 ° 33 ' N , 24 ° 52' E Coordinates: 46 ° 33 '24 " N , 24 ° 52' 3" E

Time zone :

EET ( UTC +2)

Height :

370 m

Area :

42.00 km²

Residents :

1,203 (October 20, 2011)

Population density :

29 inhabitants per km²

Postal code :

547387

Telephone code :

(+40) 02 65

License plate :

MS

Structure and administration (as of 2016)

Community type :

local community

Structure :

Bereni, Bâra , Cându , Drojdii , Eremieni , Maia , Mărculeni

Mayor :

Csaba Benedekfi ( UDMR )

Postal address :

Str. Principală, no. 22
loc. Bereni, jud. Mureș, RO-547387

Website :

www.bereni.ro

Bereni [ ˈberenʲ ] (obsolete Bere ; Hungarian Székelybere ) is a municipality in Mureș County , in the Transylvania region in Romania .

Geographical location

Location of the municipality of Bereni in Mureș County

The municipality of Bereni is located north of the Kokel Highlands (Podișul Târnavelor) in the Transylvanian Basin . At the brook Nirajul Mic , a left tributary of the Niraj (Niersch) and the county road (Drum județean) DJ 135, the place Bereni is six kilometers northeast of the small town Miercurea Nirajului (Sereda) , 22 kilometers southwest of the small town Sovata and about 30 Kilometers east of the district capital Târgu Mureș (Neumarkt am Mieresch) . The six incorporated villages are located two to six kilometers from the community center.

history

The place Bereni, founded by Szekler , was first mentioned in 1569. Except for a few archaeological finds from the Neolithic period on the area of the incorporated village of Maia (Hungarian : Mája ) and Mărculeni (Markod) , there is no mention of any settlements in earlier times in the area of today's municipality.

In the Kingdom of Hungary , today's municipality belonged to the Nyáradszereda chair district in Maros-Torda County , then to the historical Mureș District and, from 1950, today's Mureș District.

population

The population of the municipality of Bereni developed as follows:

census		Ethnic composition
year	population	Romanians	Hungary	German	other
1850	2,303	26th	2,198	-	79
1910	2,951	12	2,897	8th	34
2002	1,356	31	1,245	-	80
2011	1,203	9	1,161	-	33

Since 1850, the highest number of inhabitants and that of the Magyars and Romanian Germans in 1910 were registered in the area of today's municipality. The highest population of the Romanians (48) was determined in 1920 and the Roma (80) in 2011.

Attractions

In the community center, the properties in Strada Principală (main street) at number 20, 39, 45, 46, 49, 60, 95, 98 and 125, built in the 19th century, are listed. The reformed church in the village was built in 1842.
In the incorporated village of Bâra (Kreutzdorf) , the reformed church built in the 14th century and renovated in the 18th, is a listed building.
In the incorporated village of Cându (Hungarian Kendő ), the reformed church and its bell tower built in 1828 are under monument protection.
In unincorporated village Eremieni (Hungarian Nyárádszentimre ), the Reformed Church in the 15th century built, rebuilt in the 16th and 19th centuries, is a listed building. The wooden interior of the church dates from 1676.