Miercurea Nirajului ( hu, Nyárádszereda ) is a town in Mureș County,

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. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern

Transylvania Transylvania ( ro, Ardeal or ; hu, Erdély; german: Siebenbürgen) is a historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and south its natural border is the Carpathian Mountains, and to the west the Ap ...

. The following seven villages are administered by the town: * Beu / Székelybő * Dumitreștii / Demeterfalva * Laureni / Kisszentlőrinc * Moșuni / Székelymoson * Șardu Nirajului / Székelysárd * Tâmpa / Székelytompa * Veța / Vece The town is the site of the

Miercurea Nirajului gas field The Miercurea Nirajului gas field is a natural gas field located in Miercurea Nirajului, Mureș County. It was discovered in 1915 and developed by and Romgaz. It began production in 1930 and produces natural gas and condensates. The total proven ...

History

The town is part of the Székely Land region of the historical

province. Its first written mention is from 1493 as ''Oppidum Zereda''.

István Bocskay Stephen Bocskai or Bocskay ( hu, Bocskai István; 1 January 155729 December 1606) was Prince of Transylvania and Hungary from 1605 to 1606. He was born to a Hungarian noble family. His father's estates were located in the eastern regions of th ...

was elected here as prince of Transylvania in 1604. Until 1918, the town belonged to the

Maros-Torda County Maros-Torda was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in central Romania (eastern Transylvania) and has been administratively succeeded by county Mureș which consist of about half the territory of ...

of the

Kingdom of Hungary The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from the Middle Ages into the 20th century. The Principality of Hungary emerged as a Christian kingdom upon the coronation of the first king Stephen ...

. After the

Hungarian–Romanian War The Hungarian–Romanian War was fought between Hungary and Romania from 13 November 1918 to 3 August 1919. The conflict had a complex background, with often contradictory motivations for the parties involved. The Allies of World War I intended ...

of 1918–19 and the

Treaty of Trianon The Treaty of Trianon (french: Traité de Trianon, hu, Trianoni békeszerződés, it, Trattato del Trianon) was prepared at the Paris Peace Conference (1919–1920), Paris Peace Conference and was signed in the Grand Trianon château in ...

of 1920, it became part of

Demographics

The commune has a

Székely Székely may refer to: *Székelys, Hungarian people from the historical region of Transylvania, Romania **Székely Land, historic and ethnographic area in Transylvania, Romania * Székely (village), a village in northeastern Hungary *Székely (sur ...

Hungarian majority. According to the 2011

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, it has a population of 5,554 of which 83.3% are Hungarian, 10.4%

Romanians The Romanians ( ro, români, ; dated exonym ''Vlachs'') are a Romance languages, Romance-speaking ethnic group. Sharing a common Culture of Romania, Romanian culture and Cultural heritage, ancestry, and speaking the Romanian language, they l ...

, and 6.3%

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.Populația stabilă după etnie – județe, municipii, orașe, comune
National Institute of Statistics; accessed August 26, 2015

Natives

Zoltan Lunka Zoltan Lunka (born 22 May 1970 in Miercurea Nirajului, Romania) was a professional boxing, boxer, who won a Olympic medalists in boxing, Flyweight bronze medal at the Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics, 1996 Summer Olympics for Germany. A year ea ...

References

External links

{{Mureș County Populated places in Mureș County Localities in Transylvania Towns in Romania