Mădăraș, Mureș

For other places with the same name, see Mădăraş.

Mădăraş Mezőmadaras
—  Commune  —
Mădăraş Mezőmadaras Location of Mădăraş, Mureş
Coordinates: 46°36′0″N 24°26′0″E / 46.6°N 24.433333°E / 46.6; 24.433333Coordinates: 46°36′0″N 24°26′0″E / 46.6°N 24.433333°E / 46.6; 24.433333
Country	Romania
County	Mureş County
Status	Commune
Government
– Mayor	Gyula Árpád Dávid (Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania)
Population (2002)
– Total	See Band
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
– Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Mădăraş (Hungarian: Mezőmadaras or colloquially Madaras, Hungarian pronunciation: [’mɛzøːmɒdɒrɒʃ]) is a commune in Mureş County, Romania. It became an independent commune when it split from Band in 2004. The commune is composed of a single village, Mădăraş, and has an absolute Székely Hungarian majority. For demographics see Band.

History

It formed part of the Székely Land region of the historical Transylvania province. Until 1918, the village belonged to the Maros-Torda County of the Kingdom of Hungary. After the Treaty of Trianon of 1920, it became part of Romania.

See also

• List of Hungarian exonyms (Mureş County)

References