Petelea (german: Birk; hu, Petele, Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a commune in Mureș County,

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that is composed of two villages: Habic (''Hétbükk'', meaning "Seven Beech Trees" in Hungarian) and Petelea. It has a population of 2977: 48.3%

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, 48.2%

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and 2.5%

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. The commune is located in the north-central part of the county, northeast of Târgu Mureș and south of

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, on the DN15 road. It is situated on the left bank of the river Mureș and it is traversed by two of its affluents: the

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and the

Habic The Habic ( hu, Hétbükk-patak, English: "''Seven Beeches Creek''") is a left tributary of the Mureș river in Transylvania, Romania. It discharges into the Mureș near Petelea Petelea (german: Birk; hu, Petele, Hungarian pronunciation: ) is ...

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Virgil Bercea Virgil Bercea (born 1957) is the Bishop of the Eparchy of Oradea Mare of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church since 1997. Life Virgil Bercea was born on 9 December 1957 in Habic, Mureș County, Romania. He studied in his town, and after the militar ...

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{{Mureș County Communes in Mureș County Localities in Transylvania

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