Târgu Mureș
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Târgu Mureș is the seat of Mureș County in the historical region of Transylvania, Romania. It is the 16th-largest city in Romania, with 116,033 inhabitants as of the 2021 census. It lies on the Mureș River, the second-longest river in Romania.
A trilingual town sign in Târgu Mureș. Marosvásárhely is the Hungarian name and Neumarkt am Mieresch, German. The top sign reflects the pre-1993 version Tîrgu-Mureș.
The city of Maros Vásárhely in 1735
1860 engraving depicting the Reformed Church within the Citadel
The centre with the reformed and catholic churches in the 19th century
Mureș County
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Mureș County is a county (județ) of Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania, with the administrative centre in Târgu Mureș. The county was established in 1968, after the administrative reorganization that re-introduced the historical județ (county) system, still used today. This reform eliminated the previous Mureș-Magyar Autonomous Region, which had been created in 1952 within the People's Republic of Romania. Mureș County has a vibrant multicultural fabric that includes Hungarian-speaking Székelys and Transylvanian Saxons, with a rich heritage of fortified churches and towns.
The Saschiz fortified church
The Mureș County Prefecture building of the interwar period.
The Cultural Palace built between 1911 and 1913, Târgu Mureș (German: Neumarkt am Mieresch)
Sighișoara (German: Schäßburg)