Bahnea ( Hungarian : Bonyha ; Hungarian pronunciation : [ˈbonihɒ] , until 1898 Szászbonyha ; German : Bachnen ) is a commune in Mureș County , Transylvania , Romania . It is composed of seven villages: Bahnea, Bernadea ( Bernád ), Cund ( Kund ; Reussdorf ), Daia ( Dányán ), Gogan ( Gógán ), Idiciu ( Jövedics ), and Lepindea ( Leppend ).
5-615: The commune is situated on the Transylvanian Plateau , at an altitude of 300 m (980 ft), on the banks of the river Târnava Mică and its left tributary, the Cund . The river Idiciu flows into the Cund in Bahnea village. Bahnea commune is located in the southern part of Mureș County, 16 km (10 mi) from Târnăveni and 26 km (16 mi) from the county seat, Târgu Mureș , on
10-430: A height of 150–250 m (490–820 ft) above the altitude of the valley. The plateau has a continental climate . Temperature varies a great deal in the course of a year, with warm summers contrasted by very cold winters. Vast forests cover parts of the plateau and the mountains. The mean elevation is 300–500 m (980–1,640 ft). The Transylvanian Plateau is divided into three areas: The Transylvanian Plain
15-693: Is a plateau in central Romania . The plateau lies within and takes its name from the historical region of Transylvania , and is almost entirely surrounded by the Eastern , Southern and Romanian Western branches of the Carpathian Mountains . The area includes the Transylvanian Plain . It is improperly called a plateau, for it does not possess extensive plains, but is formed of a network of valleys of various size, ravines and canyons , united together by numerous small mountain ranges , which attain
20-535: Is also hilly (400–600 m), but because the area is almost completely cultivated it is called a plain. The Transylvanian Basin ( Romanian : Depresiunea colinară a Transilvaniei ) includes the Transylvanian Plateau and the peripheral areas towards the Carpathian Mountains, which have a different character than the plateau. The basin is the main production site of Romania's methane . It also contains
25-524: The border with Sibiu County . At the 2011 census , the commune had 3,739 inhabitants, of which 35.1% were Roma , 33.3% Romanians , and 30.8% Hungarians . At the 2021 census , Bahnea had a population of 3,528; of those, 39.63% were Romanians, 32.54% Roma, and 22.19% Hungarians. This Mureș County location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Transylvanian Plateau The Transylvanian Plateau ( Romanian : Podișul Transilvaniei ; Hungarian : Erdélyi-medence )
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