Găleşti, Mureş

Găleşti Nyárádgálfalva
—  Commune  —
Găleşti Nyárádgálfalva
Coordinates: 46°31′0″N 24°45′0″E / 46.516667°N 24.75°E / 46.516667; 24.75Coordinates: 46°31′0″N 24°45′0″E / 46.516667°N 24.75°E / 46.516667; 24.75
Country	Romania
County	Mureş County
Status	Commune
Government
– Mayor	Károly Karácsonyi (Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania)
Area
– Total	57.8 km2 (22.3 sq mi)
Population (2002)
– Total	2,940
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
– Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Găleşti (Hungarian: Nyárádgálfalva, Hungarian pronunciation: [’niaːraːdɡaːlfɒlvɒ]) is a commune in Mureş County, Romania composed of seven villages:

• Adrianu Mare / Nagyadorján
• Adrianu Mic / Kisadorján
• Bedeni / Bede
• Găleşti
• Maiad / Nyomát
• Sânvăsii / Nyárádszentlászló (established 2004)
• Troiţa / Szentháromság

Demographics

The commune has an absolute Székely Hungarian majority. According to the 2002 Census it has a population of 2,940 of which 93.61% or 2,752 are Hungarian.

Historical population of Găleşti, Mureş

1850	1880	1900	1910	1930	1956	1977	1992	2002	2007
3 317	3 411	3 947	4 049	4 130	4 566	3 561	2 963	2 940	2 871[1]

See also

• List of Hungarian exonyms (Mureş County)

References

1. ^ The population of Găleşti in 2007 on the site of the Romanian National Statistical Institute