Ațintiș ( hu, Cintos, Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a

commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...

Mureș County Mureș County (, ro, Județul Mures, hu, Maros megye) 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 ...

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 ...

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. It is composed of six villages: Ațintiș, Botez (''Batizháza''), Cecălaca (''Csekelaka''), Iștihaza (''Istvánháza''), Maldaoci (''Madavölgytanya''), and Sâniacob (''Marosszentjakab''). The commune lies on the

Transylvanian Plateau The Transylvanian Plateau ( ro, Podișul Transilvaniei; hu, Erdélyi-medence) 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 Easte ...

, on the banks of the river Mureș and its left tributary, the river

Ațintiș Ațintiș ( hu, Cintos, Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Ațintiș, Botez (''Batizháza''), Cecălaca (''Csekelaka''), Iștihaza (''Istvánháza''), Maldaoci (''Madav ...

. It is located in the western part of the county, from the county seat,

Târgu Mureș Târgu Mureș (, ; hu, Marosvásárhely ) is the seat of Mureș County in the historical region of Transylvania, Romania. It is the List of cities and towns in Romania, 16th largest Romanian city, with 134,290 inhabitants as of the 2011 Romania ...

, on the border with Alba County. As of the 2011 census, Ațintiș had a population of 1,575; of those, 59.2% were

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 ...

, 32%

Hungarians Hungarians, also known as Magyars ( ; hu, magyarok ), are a nation and ethnic group native to Hungary () and historical Hungarian lands who share a common culture, history, ancestry, and language. The Hungarian language belongs to the Urali ...

, and 6.7%

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