Ungheni, Mureș
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Ungheni | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 46°29′9″N 24°27′39″E / 46.48583°N 24.46083°E | |
Country | Romania |
County | Mureș County |
Status | Town |
Government | |
• Mayor | Ioan Covrig (PSD) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 6,945 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Ungheni (Template:Lang-hu [ˈɲaːraːttøː]; Template:Lang-de) is a town in Mureș County, in central Romania. Its Romanian name until the 1960s was Nirașteu.
Six villages are administered by the town:
- Cerghid (Nagycserged)
- Cerghizel (Kiscserged)
- Morești (Malomfalva)
- Recea (Recsa)
- Șăușa (Sóspatak)
- Vidrasău (Vidrátszeg)
The town is situated 11 km from the county capital Târgu Mureș and is the location of the Târgu Mureș International Airport.
Demographics
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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2002 | 6,554 | — |
2011 | 6,945 | +6.0% |
Source: Census data |
The town has a population of 6,945. The ethnic breakdown is as follows:
- Romanians: 5,053 (76.3%)
- Roma: 984 (14.85%)
- Hungarians: 576 (8.69%)
- Others: 4 (0.06%)
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