Ungheni ( hu, Nyárádtő ; german: Nyaradfluß) is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

Mureș County Mureș County (, ro, Județul Mures, hu, Maros megye) is a county (''județ'') of Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania, with the administrative centre in Târgu Mureș. The county was established in 1968, after the administrative ...

, in

Transylvania Transylvania ( ro, Ardeal or ; hu, Erdély; german: Siebenbürgen) is a historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and south its natural border is the Carpathian Mountains, and to the west the Ap ...

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...

. Until 1925 its Romanian name was ''Nirașteu''. Six villages are administered by the town: * Cerghid (''Nagycserged'') * Cerghizel (''Kiscserged'') * Morești (''Malomfalva'') * Recea (''Recsa'') * Șăușa (''Sóspatak'') * Vidrasău (''Vidrátszeg'')

Location

Ungheni is situated from the county capital

Târgu Mureș Târgu Mureș (, ; hu, Marosvásárhely ) is the seat of Mureș County in the historical region of Transylvania, Romania. It is the 16th largest Romanian city, with 134,290 inhabitants as of the 2011 census. It lies on the Mureș River, the ...

, from

Reghin Reghin (; hu, Szászrégen, or ; german: (Sächsisch) Regen) is a city in Mureș County, Transylvania, central Romania, on the Mureș River. As of 2011, it had a population of 33,281.Rezultatele finale ale Recensământului din 2011: Locat ...

, and from Cluj-Napoca. The

Târgu Mureș International Airport Târgu Mureș Transilvania Airport ( ro, Aeroportul Transilvania Târgu Mureș; hu, Marosvásárhelyi Transilvania Repülőtér) is an international airport located southwest of Târgu Mureș, Mureș County, in central Romania. Until May 2006, ...

is located in Vidrasău, southwest of the county capital. The town is bordered by the following communes: to the north by

Band Band or BAND may refer to: Places *Bánd, a village in Hungary *Band, Iran, a village in Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran * Band, Mureș, a commune in Romania *Band-e Majid Khan, a village in Bukan County, West Azerbaijan Province, I ...

and Pănet, to the south by Suplac and Mica, to the east by Cristești, and to the west by Sânpaul.

Demographics

The town has a population of 6,945. The ethnic breakdown is as follows: *

Romanians The Romanians ( ro, români, ; dated exonym '' Vlachs'') are a Romance-speaking ethnic group. Sharing a common Romanian culture and ancestry, and speaking the Romanian language, they live primarily in Romania and Moldova. The 2011 Roman ...

: 5,053 (76.3%) * Roma: 984 (14.85%) *

Hungarians Hungarians, also known as Magyars ( ; hu, magyarok ), are a nation and ethnic group native to Hungary () and historical Hungarian lands who share a common culture, history, ancestry, and language. The Hungarian language belongs to the Urali ...

: 576 (8.69%) * Others: 4 (0.06%)

Natives

* Erasmus Julius Nyárády (1881–1966), botanist

References

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