Gănești ( hu, Vámosgálfalva, 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 ...

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...

. It is composed of four villages: Gănești, Păucișoara (''Küküllőpócsfalva''), Seuca (''Szőkefalva'') and Sub Pădure (''Erdőalja''). It also included Cuștelnic village until 2002, when it was transferred to

Târnăveni Târnăveni (, historically Diciosânmartin; Hungarian: ''Dicsőszentmárton'', ; German: ''Sankt Martin'', earlier ''Marteskirch'') is a city in Mureș County, central Romania. It lies on the Târnava Mică River in central Transylvania. The ci ...

city. The commune is located in the southern part of the county, 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 East ...

, at a distance of from

. It lies on both banks of the river

Târnava Mică The Târnava Mică ("Small Târnava"; hu, Kis-Küküllő; german: Kleine Kokel) is a river in Romania. Its total length is , and its drainage basin area is . Its source is in the Eastern Carpathian Mountains, in Harghita County. It flows to the w ...

and it is traversed by the river

Băgaciu Băgaciu (in Hungarian Szászbogács, : ) is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Băgaciu and Deleni (''Magyarsáros''). Demographics According to the 2011 census, Băgaciu has a population of 2,47 ...

(or Bedea). Gănești borders the communes Cucerdea and

Ogra Ogra ( hu, Marosugra or colloquially ''Ugra'', pronounced: ) is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Dileu Vechi (''Oláhdellő''), Giuluș (''Gyulas''), Lăscud (''Lackod''), Ogra, and Vaideiu (''Mez ...

to the north, Mica to the east,

to the south, and the city of Târnăveni to the west. As of January 1, 2012, the commune had a population of 3,511, of which 2,300 were ethnic

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 ...

(65.5%), 862 ethnic

Romanians The Romanians ( ro, români, ; dated exonym '' Vlachs'') are a Romance-speaking ethnic group. Sharing a common Romanian culture and ancestry, and speaking the Romanian language, they live primarily in Romania and Moldova. The 2011 Roman ...

(24.5%), and 346 ethnic Romanis (9.9%).

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

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