Iernut ( hu, Radnót, ) is a town in
Mureș County, central
Transylvania,
Romania. It administers eight villages: Cipău (''Maroscsapó''), Deag (''Marosdég''), Lechința (''Maroslekence''), Oarba de Mureș (''Marosorbó''), Porumbac (''Porumbáktanya''), Racameț (''Józseftanya''), Sălcud (''Szélkút''), and Sfântu Gheorghe (''Csapószentgyörgy''). It officially became a town in 1989, as a result of the
Romanian rural systematization program
The Romanian rural systematization program was a social engineering program undertaken by Nicolae Ceaușescu's Romania primarily at the end of the 1980s. The legal framework for this program was established as early as 1974, but it only began in ...
.
The commune is situated on the
Transylvanian Plateau. It lies on the banks of the
Mureș River; the
Lechința River discharges into the Mureș here.
Demographics
The 2011 census revealed the following demographic data:
2002 Census Data
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* Romanians (76.55%)
* Hungarians (13.36%)
* Roma (9.84%)
* others (0.18%)
Main sights
* The Reformed church (built between 1486 and 1593);
* Kornis-Rakóczi-Bethlen Castle (built in 1545);
* The two lakes near the city;
* Mureș River;
* Lupoaica;
* Old Buildings.
References
Populated places in Mureș County
Localities in Transylvania
Towns in Romania
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