Ungheni, Mureș

      Ungheni
      —  Town  —
      Location of Ungheni, Mureş
      Coordinates: 46°29′9″N 24°27′39″E / 46.48583°N 24.46083°E / 46.48583; 24.46083Coordinates: 46°29′9″N 24°27′39″E / 46.48583°N 24.46083°E / 46.48583; 24.46083
      Country  Romania
      County Mureş County
      Status Town
      Government
       • Mayor Ioan Covrig (PSD)
      Population (2002)
       • Total 6,554
      Time zone EET (UTC+2)
       • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

      Ungheni (Hungarian: Nyárádtő, Hungarian pronunciation: [’ɲaːraːdtøː]; German: Nyaradfluß) is a town in Mureş County, in central Romania. Its Romanian name until the 1960s was Niraşteu.

      Moreşti
      Vidrasău

      Six villages are administered by the town:

      • Cerghid (Nagycserged)
      • Cerghizel (Kiscserged)
      • Moreşti (Malomfalva)
      • Recea (Recsa)
      • Şăuşa (Sóspatak)
      • Vidrasău (Vidrátszeg)

      The town is situated 11 km from the county capital Târgu Mureş and is the location of the Târgu Mureş International Airport.

      Demographics

      Historical population
      Year Pop.   ±%  
      2002 6,554 —    
      2011 6,622 +1.0%
      Source: Census data

      The town has a population of 6,622. The ethnic breakdown is as follow:

      Dispute over ownership. A Greek-Catholic church built around by a Romanian Orthodox church
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      Last modified on 14 April 2013, at 09:37