Mureș County

Mureș County is in , , . Mureș county has a vibrant multicultural fabric that includes Hungarian-speaking Székelys and Transylvanian Saxons, with a rich heritage of fortified churches and towns.
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, sometimes abbreviated Tg. Mureș and known as Marosvásárhely among its Hungarian-speaking population, is a city in , .

is a city on the Tarnava River in Mures county, in the historic region of . craftsmen and merchants, the Transylvanian Saxons, were invited here by the King of during the 12th century to settle and defend the frontier.

, is a city in Mureş County, in . is split in two important areas the old side of the city with the centre and neighbourhoods Republicii, Nicolae Bălcescu, Frumoasei, Viitorului, Păcii, Şoimilor; the area of Boziaş old village which in 1964 became part of the city.

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is a town in Mureș County, , . Three villages are administered by the town: Căpeți, Ilieși, and Săcădat. In 2004, the village of broke away to form an independent commune.

is a commune in Mureș County, , central . It is composed of three villages: Cloașterf, Mihai Viteazu, and . , with , has been the home of a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Villages with fortified churches in Transylvania, since its designation in 1999.

Mureș County

Latitude of center
46.6667° or 46° 40′ north
Longitude of center
24.5833° or 24° 35′ east
Population
518,000
Elevation
348 metres (1,142 feet)
Geo­Names ID
672628
Wiki­data ID
Q190711
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Wu Chinese—“Mureș County” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: Propinsi Mureş
  • Achinese: Propinsi Mureș
  • Arabic: مقاطعة موريس
  • Aragonese: Provincia de Mureș
  • Armenian: Մուրեշ
  • Azerbaijani: Mureş
  • Basque: Mureş konderria
  • Basque: Mureș konderria
  • Bavarian: Kroas Mureș
  • Belarusian: жудзец Мурэш
  • Belarusian: Мурэш (жудзец)
  • Belarusian: Мурэш
  • Bengali: মুর কাউন্টি
  • Bosnian: Mureș (okrug)
  • Bosnian: Mureș
  • Bulgarian: Муреш
  • Bulgarian: Окръг Муреш
  • Catalan: Comtat de Mureş
  • Catalan: Província de Mureş
  • Catalan: Província de Mureș
  • Catalan: Regió de Mureş
  • Cebuano: Județul Mureș
  • Chinese: Mureș Koān
  • Chinese: 穆列什县
  • Chinese: 穆列什縣
  • Croatian: Mureş
  • Croatian: Mureș
  • Czech: Mureš
  • Czech: Mureş
  • Czech: Mureș
  • Danish: Mures
  • Danish: Mureş
  • Danish: Mureș
  • Dutch: District Mures
  • Dutch: District Mureş
  • Dutch: District Mureș
  • Dutch: Mures
  • Dutch: Mureş
  • Esperanto: Distrikto Mures
  • Esperanto: Distrikto Mureş
  • Esperanto: Distrikto Mureș
  • Esperanto: Maros megye
  • Esperanto: Marosszék
  • Esperanto: Mureş
  • Estonian: Mureşi maakond
  • Estonian: Mureși maakond
  • Finnish: Mureş
  • Finnish: Mureș
  • Finnish: Muresin piirikunta
  • Finnish: Mureşin piirikunta
  • French: Judet de Mures
  • French: Judeţ de Mures
  • French: Judeţ de mureş
  • French: Județ de Mureș
  • French: Mures
  • French: Mureş
  • French: Mureș
  • Galician: Condado de Mures
  • Galician: Condado de Mureș
  • Georgian: მურეშის ჟუდეცი
  • German: Bezirk Mureș
  • German: Kreis Mieresch
  • German: Kreis Mureș
  • German: Maros Megye
  • German: Mieresch
  • Greek: Τζουντέτς του Μουρές
  • Gujarati: મુરેસ કાઉન્ટી
  • Hindi: म्यूरेस काउंटी
  • Hungarian: Maros megye
  • Hungarian: Maros
  • Indonesian: County Mureş
  • Indonesian: Provinsi Mures
  • Indonesian: Provinsi Mureş
  • Indonesian: Provinsi Mureș
  • Irish: Mureș
  • Italian: distretto di Mureș
  • Italian: Distretto di Mureș
  • Japanese: マロシュ城県
  • Japanese: ムレシュ県
  • Kannada: ಮೌರೆಸ್ ಕೌಂಟಿ
  • Korean: 무레슈주
  • Ladino: Mureș
  • Latin: Mureş
  • Latin: Mureș
  • Latvian: Murešas žudecs
  • Lithuanian: Murešo apskritis
  • Lombard: Distret de Mureș
  • Malay: Wilayah Mureș
  • Maltese: Kontea ta‘ Mureș
  • Marathi: मॉरेस काउंटी
  • Min Nan Chinese: Mureș Koān
  • Mongolian: Муреш аймаг
  • Mongolian: Муреш тойрог
  • Northern Frisian: Mureș (Kreis)
  • Northern Frisian: Mureș
  • Northern Sami: Mureș guovlu
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Mureş fylke
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Mureş
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Mureș
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Mures fylke
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Mureș fylke
  • Norwegian: Mureș
  • Ossetian: Муреш (жудец)
  • Ossetian: Муреш
  • Persian: شهرستان مورش
  • Polish: Okręg Marusza
  • Polish: Okręg Mures
  • Polish: Okręg Mureş
  • Portuguese: Condado de Mureş
  • Portuguese: Mureş
  • Portuguese: Mureș
  • Romanian: Judetul Mures
  • Romanian: Județul Mureş
  • Romanian: Județul Mureș
  • Romanian: Mures
  • Romanian: Mureș
  • Russian: Жудец Муреш
  • Russian: Муреш
  • Scottish Gaelic: Mureș (Siorrachd)
  • Scottish Gaelic: Mureș
  • Serbian: Judeţul Mureş
  • Serbian: Mureš
  • Serbian: Жупанија Муреш
  • Serbian: Муреш
  • Serbo-Croatian: Mureș
  • Sinhala: මියුරෙස් ප්‍රාන්තය
  • Slovak: Mureș
  • Spanish: Distrito de Mureş
  • Spanish: Distrito de Mureș
  • Spanish: Mures
  • Spanish: Mureş
  • Spanish: Mureș
  • Swedish: Mureş
  • Swedish: Mureș
  • Tajik: Vilojati Mureș
  • Tajik: Вилояти Муреш
  • Tamil: Mures கவுண்டி
  • Telugu: మూరెస్ కౌంటీ
  • Thai: เทศมณฑลมูเรช
  • Turkish: Mures ili
  • Turkish: Mureş ili
  • Turkish: Mureș ili
  • Turkish: Mureș
  • Ukrainian: Муреш
  • Urdu: موریش کاؤنٹی
  • Vietnamese: Hạt Mures
  • Waray (Philippines): Kondado han Mureș
  • Welsh: Sir Mureș
  • Western Panjabi: موریش کاؤنٹی
  • Wu Chinese: 穆列什县

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