Fărăgău ( Hungarian: ''Faragó'', Hungarian pronunciation: ,

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: ''Hölzeldorf'') is a commune in

Mureș County Mureș County (, , ) is a county (''județ'') of Romania, in the Historical regions of Romania, historical region of Transylvania, with the administrative centre in Târgu Mureș. The county was established in 1968, after the administrative reor ...

Transylvania Transylvania ( or ; ; or ; Transylvanian Saxon dialect, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Siweberjen'') is a List of historical regions of Central Europe, historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and ...

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. It is composed of six villages: Fărăgău, Fânațe (''Fönácé''), Hodaia (''Telekytanya''), Onuca (''Unoka''), Poarta (''Körtekapu,'' German ''Birnthor''), and Tonciu (''Tancs,'' German ''Tesch'').

Geography

The commune is situated in the

Transylvanian Plain The Transylvanian Plain (; , ) is an ethnogeographical area in Transylvania, Romania, located between the Someșul Mare and the Someșul Mic rivers to the north and west and the Mureș River Mureș may refer to: * Mureș County, Romania * Mure ...

, at an altitude of , on the banks of the rivers Șar and Agriș. It is located in the northern part of Mureș County, west of

Reghin Reghin (; , or ; ; Transylvanian Saxon: ''Reen'') is a city in Mureș County, Transylvania, central Romania, on the Mureș River. As of 2021, it had a population of 29,742, making it the second biggest city of the Mureș county, just behind th ...

and north of the county seat,

Târgu Mureș Târgu Mureș (, ; ; German language, German: ''Neumarkt am Mieresch'') 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 city in Romania, with 116,033 ...

, on the border with

Bistrița-Năsăud County Bistrița-Năsăud () is a county (județ) of Romania, in Transylvania, with its capital city at Bistrița. Name In Hungarian language, Hungarian, it is known as ''Beszterce-Naszód megye'', and in German language, German as ''Kreis Bistritz-N ...

. Fărăgău is crossed by

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, which starts in Reghin and ends in

Cluj-Napoca Cluj-Napoca ( ; ), or simply Cluj ( , ), is a city in northwestern Romania. It is the second-most populous city in the country and the seat of Cluj County. Geographically, it is roughly equidistant from Bucharest (), Budapest () and Belgrade ( ...

, to the west.

Demography

At the 2021 census, the commune had 1,687 inhabitants; of those, 56.97% were

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, 28.45%

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, and 5.69%

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Communes in Mureș County Localities in Transylvania {{Mureș-geo-stub

Geography

Demography

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