Papiu Ilarian (formerly ''Budiul de Câmpie''; hu, Mezőbodon ) is a commune in

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 ...

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 ...

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composed of five villages: *Dobra / Dobratanya *Merișoru / Bugusalja *Papiu Ilarian *Șandru / Sándortelep *Ursoaia / Urszajatelep Its first written mention is from 1332 as Budun (Bodon). The prefix ''"Mező"'', meaning 'field', in its Hungarian name refers to the ''Mezőség'' subregion where it lies. Romanian politician Alexandru Papiu Ilarian was born here in 1828, and the commune was named after him in 1925.

Demographics

The commune has a Hungarian majority. According to the 2002

census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses in ...

, it has a population of 1,013 of which 56.17% or 569 are Hungarian.

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{{Mureș County Communes in Mureș County Localities in Transylvania

Demographics

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