Miercurea Nirajului ( Hungarian : Nyárádszereda [ˈɲaːraːt.sɛrɛdɒ] ) is a town in Mureș County , Romania . It lies in the Székely Land , an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania . The following seven villages are administered by the town: Beu ( Székelybő ), Dumitreștii ( Demeterfalva ), Lăureni ( Kisszentlőrinc ), Moșuni ( Székelymoson ), Șardu Nirajului ( Székelysárd ), Tâmpa ( Székelytompa ), and Veța ( Vece ).
6-533: The town is situated on the Transylvanian Plateau , on the banks of the river Niraj and its tributaries, the rivers Nirajul Mic and Valea spre Șardu . Miercurea Nirajului is located in the east-central part of Mureș County, 24 km (15 mi) due east of the county seat, Târgu Mureș . The town is part of the Székely Land region of the historical Transylvania province. Its first written mention
12-430: 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
18-693: 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
24-535: 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
30-708: Is from 1493 as Oppidum Zereda . István Bocskay was elected here as prince of Transylvania in 1604. Until 1918, the town belonged to the Maros-Torda County of the Kingdom of Hungary . After the Hungarian–Romanian War of 1918–19 and the Treaty of Trianon of 1920, it became part of Romania . The commune has a Székely Hungarian majority. According to the 2011 census , it had a population of 5,554 of which 83.3% were Hungarians, 10.4% Romanians , and 6.3% Roma . At
36-507: The 2021 census , Miercurea Nirajului had a population of 5,554, of which 77.9% are Hungarian, 8.3% Romanians, and 6.46% Roma. The town is the site of the Miercurea Nirajului gas field . Miercurea Nirajului is twinned with: [REDACTED] Media related to Miercurea Nirajului at Wikimedia Commons Transylvanian Plateau The Transylvanian Plateau ( Romanian : Podișul Transilvaniei ; Hungarian : Erdélyi-medence )
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