Răstolița ( hu, Ratosnya, Hungarian pronunciation: ) 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 ...

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 ...

that is composed of five villages: Andreneasa (''Andrástelep''), Borzia (''Borzia''), Gălăoaia (''Galonya''), Iod (''Jód'') and Răstolița. The commune is located in the northern part of the county, at a distance of from

Toplița Toplița (; hu, Maroshévíz, ) is a municipality in Harghita County, Transylvania, Romania. The settlement has had multiple name changes: ''Taplócza'', ''Toplicza'', ''Gyergyó-Toplicza'', from February 3, 1861 ''Oláh-Toplicza'', or "Romani ...

, from

Reghin Reghin (; hu, Szászrégen, or ; german: (Sächsisch) Regen) is a Municipalities of Romania, city in Mureș County, Transylvania, central Romania, on the Mureș (river), Mureș River. As of 2011 Romanian census, 2011, it had a population of 33 ...

, and from the county seat,

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, th ...

. It lies at the foot of the

Călimani Mountains The Călimani Mountains ( ro, Munții Călimani, hu, Kelemen-havasok) are the largest volcanic complex of the Carpathian Mountains in Transylvania, Romania. Geologically they belong to the Căliman-Harghita Mountains group of the Inner Eastern Ca ...

and

Gurghiu Mountains image:Carpatii orientali.png, 300px, Carpathian Mountains in Romania. The Gurghiu Mountains are to the north of the center of this image. The Gurghiu Mountains (Romanian: Munții Gurghiu, Hungarian: Görgény) are a range in the Căliman-Harghita ...

, on the right bank of the river Mureș. The river Răstolița is a right tributary of the Mureș; it discharges into the Mureș in Răstolița village. Răstolița commune has a population of 2,230: 82%

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 ...

, 17%

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 Ural ...

, and 1%

Romani Romani may refer to: Ethnicities * Romani people, an ethnic group of Northern Indian origin, living dispersed in Europe, the Americas and Asia ** Romani genocide, under Nazi rule * Romani language, any of several Indo-Aryan languages of the Roma ...

. The dates from the second half of the 18th century.

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