Bălăuşeri

Bălăuşeri Balavásár
—  Commune  —
Location of Bălăuşeri
Bălăuşeri Balavásár Location of Bălăuşeri
Coordinates: 46°24′0″N 24°41′0″E / 46.4°N 24.683333°E / 46.4; 24.683333Coordinates: 46°24′0″N 24°41′0″E / 46.4°N 24.683333°E / 46.4; 24.683333
Country	Romania
County	Mureş County
Status	Commune
Government
- Mayor	Sagyebo Istvan
Population (2002)
- Total	5,064
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
- Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Bălăuşeri (Hungarian: Balavásár; Hungarian pronunciation: [bɒlɒvaːʃaːr]) is a commune in Mureş County, Romania composed of six villages:

• Agrişteu / Egrestő
• Bălăuşeri
• Chendu / Nagykend
• Dumitreni / Szentdemeter
• Filitelnic / Fületelke
• Senereuş / Szénaverős

History

The village was in the northern reaches of Küküllő County in Transylvania, just over the border from the Székely Land; the county was split in the 1876 administrative reform, and thereafter the village belonged to Kis-Küküllő County in the Kingdom of Hungary. After the 1920 Treaty of Trianon, it became part of Romania along with the rest of Transylvania.

Demographics

According to the 2002 Census the commune has a population of 5,064 of which 3,404 (67.22%) are Hungarians, 905 (17.8%) Romanians, 742 (14.6%) Roma and 13 Germans. Bălăuşeri village has a population of 1228 people.

See also

• List of Hungarian exonyms (Mureş County)

References