Ghindari

Ghindari
Makfalva

Basic data

State :

Romania

Historical region :

Transylvania

Circle :

Mureș

Coordinates :

46 ° 30 ' N , 24 ° 55' E Coordinates: 46 ° 30 '14 " N , 24 ° 55' 22" E

Time zone :

EET ( UTC +2)

Height :

376 m

Area :

81.23 km²

Residents :

3,250 (October 20, 2011)

Population density :

40 inhabitants per km²

Postal code :

547265

Telephone code :

(+40) 02 65

License plate :

MS

Structure and administration (as of 2016)

Community type :

local community

Structure :

Ghindari, Abud , Ceie , Solocma , Trei Sate

Mayor :

Imre Vass ( UDMR )

Postal address :

Str. Principală, no. 79
loc. Ghindari, jud. Mureș, RO-547265

Website :

www.ghindari.ro

Ghindari [ ˈɟindarʲ ] (outdated Macfalău ; Hungarian Makfalva ) is a municipality in Mureș County , in the Transylvania region in Romania .

Geographical location

Location of Ghindari municipality in Mureș County

The municipality Ghindari is in the Transylvanian Basin in Kokel-Highland (Podişul Târnavelor) in the so-called salt land . On the upper reaches of the Târnava Mică (Little Kokel) , the Drum național 13A and the Blaj – Târnăveni – Praid railway line , Ghindari is 15 kilometers southwest of the small town of Sovata and about 50 kilometers east of the district capital of Târgu Mureş (Neumarkt am Mieresch) away.

The four incorporated villages are three to ten kilometers from the community center.

history

The place Ghindari, founded by Szekler , was first mentioned in 1507.

On the area of the community center, called Vârful Cetății ( Várhegyese in Hungarian ) by the locals, remains of the so-called Makka Castle (or Mákavár ) - demolished in the 19th century - are assigned to the Middle Ages . Numerous archaeological finds, some of which are dated to the Neolithic Age, have also been found in the area of the community center.

In the incorporated village of Trei Sate (Hungarian Hármasfalu ) there are remains of a medieval settlement near Dâmbul Cetății (Hungarian Várdomb ), which was probably built on a settlement from early history .

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.

The incorporated village of Trei Scaune with its six churches is made up of the three hamlets Cioc ( Hungarian Csókfalva ), Ștefăneşti ( Hungarian Székelyszentistván ) and Hoteşti ( Hungarian Atosfalva ).

population

The population of Ghindari Municipality developed as follows:

census		Ethnic composition
year	population	Romanians	Hungary	German	other
1850	5,599	89	5,293	-	217
1920	7.184	41	7.003	11	129
1956	7,906	42	7,827	1	36
2002	5,076	29	4,962	1	84
2011	3,250	23	2,874	-	353

Since 1850, the highest number of inhabitants and that of the Magyars were registered in the area of today's municipality in 1956. The highest population of Romanians was determined in 1850, that of Roma (230) in 2011 and that of Romanian Germans in 1920.

Attractions

In the community center the reformed church, built at the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th century, is a listed building.
In the incorporated village of Trei Sate, the residence of Dósa Barátosi , built in the 18th century and the Unitarian church with the 40 meter high steeple built in 1798, are under monument protection.