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Bălăușeri (Hungarian: Balavásár; Hungarian pronunciation: [bɒlɒvaːʃaːr]; German: Bladenmarkt) is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Agrișteu, Bălăușeri, Chendu, Dumitreni, Filitelnic, and Senereuș.
Bălăușeri
Balavásár | |
|---|---|
 Location in Mureș County | |
  Bălăușeri Location in Romania | |
| Coordinates: 46°24′0″N 24°41′0″E / 46.40000°N 24.68333°E | |
| Country | Romania |
| County | Mureș |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2024) | András-Adorján Varga[1] (UDMR) |
| Population (2021-12-01)[2] | 4,852 |
| Time zone | EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3) |
| Vehicle reg. | MS |
| In Romanian | In Hungarian | In German |
|---|---|---|
| Agrișteu | Egrestő | Agreschteln |
| Bălăușeri | Balavásár | Bladenmarkt |
| Chendu | Nagykend | Großkend |
| Dumitreni | Szentdemeter | Mettersdorf |
| Filitelnic | Fületelke | Felldorf |
| Senereuș | Szénaverős | Zendersch |
History
editBălăușeri is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Agrișteu, Bălăușeri, Chendu, Dumitreni, Filitelnic and Senereuș. The village[which?] was in the northern reaches of Küküllő County in Transylvania, just over the border from the Székely Land; in the 1876 administrative reform, the county was split and thereafter the village belonged to Kis-Küküllő County in the Kingdom of Hungary. After the 1920 Treaty of Trianon, it became part of Romania along with the rest of Transylvania.
Demographics
editAccording to the 2011 census, the commune had a population of 4,698, of which 3,195 (68.01%) were Hungarians, 905 (17.58%) Romanians, 662 (14.09%) Roma and 10 Germans. Bălăușeri village has a population of 1228 people.
Economy
editThe Filitelnic gas field (one of the top two gas fields in Romania in terms of production) is located on the territory of the commune.[3][4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
- ^ "Top 10 câmpuri petrolifere și gazeifere cu cea mai mare producție din România". www.economica.net (in Romanian). March 15, 2016. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
- ^ Dogar, Andreea (November 7, 2023). "Cele mai mari zăcăminte de gaze naturale din România după producția din 2022" [The largest natural gas fields in Romania after 2022 production]. Great News (in Romanian). Retrieved January 24, 2024.