Apold (german: Trapold) is a
commune in
MureÈ™ 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 ...
,
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 ...
,
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, a ...
. It is composed of four villages: Apold, Daia (''Denndorf''; ''Dálya'' or ''Szászdálya''), Șaeș (''Schaas''; ''Segesd''), and Vulcan (''Wolkendorf''; ''Volkány'').
The commune is located in the southern part of the county, on the border with
Brașov
Brașov (, , ; german: Kronstadt; hu, Brassó; la, Corona; Transylvanian Saxon: ''Kruhnen'') is a city in Transylvania, Romania and the administrative centre of Brașov County.
According to the latest Romanian census ( 2011), Brașov has a po ...
and
Sibiu
Sibiu ( , , german: link=no, Hermannstadt , la, Cibinium, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Härmeschtat'', hu, Nagyszeben ) is a city in Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania. Located some north-west of Bucharest, the city straddles the Ci ...
counties. Its neighbors are as follows:
*West: the commune
DaneÈ™.
*East: the commune
Saschiz.
*North: the city of
Sighișoara
Sighișoara (; hu, Segesvár ; german: Schäßburg ; Transylvanian Saxon: ''Schäsbrich''; yi, שעסבורג, Shesburg; la, Castrum Sex) is a city on the Târnava Mare River in Mureș County, Romania. Located in the historic region of Transy ...
, and the communes
Albești and
Vânători.
*South: the commune
Brădeni, in Sibiu County.
*South-East: the commune
Bunești, in Brașov County.
Apold is traversed on a distance of by the river
Șaeș, a left tributary of the
Târnava Mare. The highest elevation is attained on the Bironului Hill, at .
See also
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List of Hungarian exonyms (MureÈ™ County)
This is a list of Hungarian names for towns and communes in MureÈ™ County, Transylvania, Romania.
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Mures County
Hungarian exonyms in Mures
Hungarian
Hungarian
Exonyms
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Gallery
File:Denndorf.jpg, Church in Daia
File:Saxon Fortified Church Saes.JPG, Fortified Saxon church in Șaeș
References
Communes in MureÈ™ County
Localities in Transylvania
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