Mădăraș, Mureș
Mădăraş Mezőmadaras | |
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Commune | |
Mădăraş Location of Mădăraş, Mureş | |
Coordinates: 46°36′0″N 24°26′0″E / 46.60000°N 24.43333°ECoordinates: 46°36′0″N 24°26′0″E / 46.60000°N 24.43333°E | |
Country | Romania |
County | MureÅŸ County |
Status | Commune |
Government | |
• Mayor | Gyula Ãrpád Dávid (Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania) |
Population (2002) | |
• Total | See Band |
Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
• Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
MădăraÅŸ (Hungarian: MezÅ‘madaras or colloquially Madaras, Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈmÉ›zøËmÉ’dÉ’rɒʃ]) is a commune in MureÅŸ County, Romania. It became an independent commune when it split from Band in 2004. The commune is composed of two villages, FânaÈ›ele MădăraÈ™ului (Szénáságy) and MădăraÅŸ. FânaÈ›ele MădăraÈ™ului village was transferred to MădăraÈ™ from Band Commune in 2011.
Mădăraș 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.