Cristești, Mureș

Cristești

Maroskeresztúr
Cristești Maroskeresztúr
Commune
	Location in Mureș County
	Cristești Location in Romania
	Coordinates: 46°30′0″N 24°29′0″E / 46.50000°N 24.48333°E
Country	Romania
County	Mureș
Government
• Mayor (2020–2024)	Edit Kovács (Ind.)
Population (2021-12-01)	5,592
Time zone	EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Vehicle reg.	MS

Cristești (Hungarian: Maroskeresztúr, Hungarian pronunciation: [mɒroʃkɛrstuːr]) is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania that is composed of two villages:

Cristești
Vălureni / Székelykakasd

Geography

The commune is located in the center of the department, on the left side of the Mureș river, on the Plateau of Transylvania (Podișul Transilvanei), 5 km south-west of Târgu Mureș, the capital of the county, of which it is a suburb.

Cristești is crossed by the national road DN15 (European Route 60) which connects Târgu Mureș with Turda and Cluj-Napoca.

History

The first written mention of the village dates from 1332 under the name of Santa Cruce. The municipality of Cristești belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary, then to the Empire of Austria and to the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In 1876, during the administrative reorganization of Transylvania, it was attached to the county of Maros-Torda. The municipality of Cristești joined Romania in 1920, at the Treaty of Trianon, during the disintegration of Austria-Hungary. After the Second Vienna Arbitration, it was again occupied by Hungary from 1940 to 1944, during which time the small Jewish community was exterminated by the Nazis. It became Romanian again in 1945.

Demographics

The commune has a relative Székely Hungarian majority. In 1910, the commune had 363 Romanians (24.69%) and 1053 Hungarians (71.63%).

In 1930, there were 461 Romanians (26.51%), 1164 Hungarians (66.94%), 7 Jews (0.70%) and 104 Roma (5.98%).

According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 5,591 of which 2421 Romanians (43.30%), 2767 Hungarians (49.49%) and 395 Roma (7.06%). On that date, there were 1,920 households and 1,888 dwellings^[3]..

Historical population of Cristești, Mureș
Year	1850	1880	1900	1910	1930	1956	1977	1992	2002	2007
Population	764	963	1380	1470	1739	1982	4960	5622	5591	5762^[4]

Economy

The economy of the commune is mostly based on agriculture and trade and it is highly dependent on nearby Târgu Mureș.

Gallery

Town Hall
Bulk building
Reformed church
Town border

References

^ "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
^ Informations diverses sur la commune
^ La population de Cristești en 2007 sur le site de l'Institut National de Statistiques de Roumanie

[1] "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 10 June 2021.

[2] "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.

[3] Informations diverses sur la commune

[4] La population de Cristești en 2007 sur le site de l'Institut National de Statistiques de Roumanie

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