Deda, Mureș

Deda
Deda
Commune
	The Deda train station
	Coat of arms
	Location in Mureș County
	Deda Location in Romania
	Coordinates: 46°56′N 24°54′E / 46.933°N 24.900°E
Country	Romania
County	Mureș
Government
• Mayor (2020–2024)	Lucreția Cadar (PSD)
Area	97.70 km2 (37.72 sq mi)
Elevation	466 m (1,529 ft)
Population (2021-12-01)	3,933
• Density	40/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Postal code	547205
Area code	(+40) 02 65
Vehicle reg.	MS
Website	primariadeda.ro

Deda (Hungarian: Déda, Hungarian pronunciation: [deːdɒ]) is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Bistra Mureșului (Dédabisztra), Deda, Filea (Füleháza) and Pietriș (Maroskövesd).

Location

The commune lies on the Transylvanian Plateau, at an altitude of 466 m (1,529 ft). It is situated at the feet of the Călimani Mountains, at the point where the Mureș River exits a gorge beginning at Toplița. The Casele Creek flows in the town into the Mureș. Deda is located in the northeastern part of Mureș County, 25 km (16 mi) from the city of Reghin and 57 km (35 mi) from the county seat, Târgu Mureș.

Deda is an important railway junction, linking the CFR Line 405 to Târgu Mureș with the CFR Main Line 400 connecting Brașov and Dej. The commune is crossed by national road DN15 [ro] (on this section, part of European route E578), which runs from Turda in Cluj County to Târgu Mureș and on to Bacău in Western Moldavia.

History

The village of Deda was first documented in 1393, under its current name.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1850	1,898	—
1880	3,188	+68.0%
1900	3,975	+24.7%
1910	4,488	+12.9%
1930	5,388	+20.1%
1956	4,463	−17.2%
1977	4,933	+10.5%
1992	4,383	−11.1%
2002	4,332	−1.2%
2011	4,113	−5.1%
2021	3,933	−4.4%
Source: Census data

In 2002 the commune numbered 4,332 inhabitants, including 4,001 ethnic Romanians, 261 Roma, and 68 Hungarians. At the 2011 census, there were 4,113 inhabitants; of those, 88.14% were Romanians, 8.49% Roma, and 1.05% Hungarians. At the 2021 census, Deda had a population of 3,933, of which 79.3% were Romanians and 14.82% Roma.^[2]

Natives

Vasile Netea [ro] (1912 – 1989), writer and historian

References

Deda
Bistra Mureșului
The Deda train station in 1942

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

[RPL2021-2] "Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (in Romanian). INSSE. 31 May 2023.

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