Suplac

Suplac Küküllőszéplak
—  Commune  —
Location of Suplac
Suplac Küküllőszéplak Location of Suplac
Coordinates: 46°23′0″N 24°31′0″E / 46.383333°N 24.516667°E / 46.383333; 24.516667Coordinates: 46°23′0″N 24°31′0″E / 46.383333°N 24.516667°E / 46.383333; 24.516667
Country	Romania
County	Mureş County
Status	Commune
Government
– Mayor	Mihály Sándor (Independent)
Population (2002)
– Total	2,369
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
– Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Suplac (Hungarian: Külüllőszéplak; Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈkykylːøːseːplɒk], meaning "nice place on the river Küküllő") is a commune in Mureş County, Transylvania, Romania which is composed of five villages:

• Idrifaia / Héderfája
• Laslău Mare / Oláhszentlászló
• Laslău Mic / Kisszentlászló
• Suplac
• Vaidacuta / Vajdakuta

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.

Economy

The Laslău Mare gas field is located in the village of Laslău Mare. It was established in 1925 and is still operational as of 2010. The estimated reserves have been quantified as 5×109m³ (176 billion cubic feet).

Demographics

The commune has an ethnically mixed population with a relative Székely Hungarian majority. According to the 2002 Census it has a population of 2,369 of which 46.1% or 1,092 are Hungarian and 38.16% or 904 Romanians.

See also

• List of Hungarian exonyms (Mureş County)

References

Suplac as Szeplak in Josephinische Landaufnahme, 1769-73