Mureș County

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Location of Mureș County in Romania
Map of Mureș County
Coat of arms of the Mureș County
Coat of arms of the Mureș County, at the time of Real Socialism
Coat of arms of Mureș County, in the interwar period

Mureș [ ˈmureʃ ] is a Romanian district ( Jewț ) in the historical region of Transylvania with the district capital of Târgu Mureș . It is named after the Mureș river of the same name , its common abbreviation and license plate are MS.

The Mureş County borders in the north and in the north-west of the county Bistrita-Nasaud . Furthermore, it borders in the north on the Suceava district , in the east on the Harghita district , in the south on the Brașov and Sibiu districts , the latter also in the west , and also in the west on the Alba district .

Demographics

In 2002 the district had 579,862 inhabitants and a population density of 86 inhabitants per km².

At the 2011 census, Mureș County had 550,846 inhabitants, thus a population density of 82 inhabitants per km².

geography

The district has a total area of ​​6714 km², which corresponds to 2.81% of the area of ​​Romania.

cities and communes

Status of the localities

The Mureș County officially consists of 516 localities. Of these, 11 have the status of a city , 86 that of a municipality and the rest are administratively assigned to cities and municipalities.

Biggest places

City / municipality population
Târgu Mureș ( German Neumarkt am Mieresch , Hungarian Marosvásárhely ) 134,290
Reghin (German Saxon Rain , Hungarian Szászrégen ) 033.281
Sighișoara (German Schäßburg , Hungarian Segesvár ) 028.102
Târnăveni (German Sankt Martin , Hungarian Dicsőszentmárton ) 022,075
Luduș (German Ludasch , Hungarian Marosludas ) 015,328
Sovata (Hungarian Szováta ) 010,385
Sângeorgiu de Mureș (Hungarian Marosszentgyörgy ) 009,304
Iernut (German Radnuten , Hungarian Radnót ) 008,705
Sâncraiu de Mureș (German Weichseldorf , Hungarian Marosszentkirály ) 007,489
Ungheni (German Nyarad River , Hungarian Nyárádtő ) 006,945
Sărmașu (Hungarian Nagysármás ) 006,942
Band (German Bandorf , Hungarian Mezőbánd ) 006,446
Gurghiu (German Görgen , Hungarian Görgényszentimre ) 006.091
Pănet (Hungarian mezőpanite ) 006,033
Sântana de Mureș (Hungarian Marosszentanna ) 005,723
Miercurea Nirajului (dt. Sereda , ung. Nyárádszereda ) 005,554
(As of January 1, 2011)

See also

Web links

Commons : Mureș county  - collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Consiliul Judetean Mures. Website of the Mureș County Council. In: cjmures.ro. (English, Romanian, Hungarian).
  • Mureș. In: mures-county.map2web.eu. (English, Romanian, Hungarian).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 2011 census in Romania at citypopulation.de