Band, Mureș

Band Mezőbánd
—  Commune  —
Band Mezőbánd
Coordinates: 46°35′0″N 24°23′0″E / 46.583333°N 24.383333°E / 46.583333; 24.383333Coordinates: 46°35′0″N 24°23′0″E / 46.583333°N 24.383333°E / 46.583333; 24.383333
Country	Romania
County	Mureş County
Status	Commune
Government
– Mayor	Mircea Rusu (PNL)
Population
– Total	7,726
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
– Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Band (Hungarian: Mezőbánd; Hungarian pronunciation: [mɛzøːbaːnd]) is a commune in Mureş County, Romania, composed of twelve villages:

• Band
• Drăculea Bandului / Drekulyatelep
• Fânațe / Fekete
• Fânațele Mădărașului / Szénáságy
• Iştan-Tău / Istentó
• Mărășești / Marosesd
• Negrenii de Câmpie / Feketelak
• Oroiu / Székelyuraly
• Petea / Mezőpete
• Țiptelnic / Száltelek
• Valea Mare / Nagyvölgy
• Valea Rece / Hidegvölgy

Mădăraș village was part of the commune until 2004, when it was split off to form a separate commune.

Demographics

The commune is ethnically mixed and has a relative Székely Hungarian majority. According to the 2002 Census it has a population of 7,726 of which 45.42% or 3,509 are Hungarian, 2,868 or 37.12% Romanians and 1,349 or 17.46 Roma.

See also

• List of Hungarian exonyms (Mureş County)

References