Solovăstru ( hu, Görgényoroszfalu, Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a commune in

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 ...

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that is composed of two villages, Jabenița (''Görgénysóakna'') and Solovăstru. The commune is located in the north-central part of the county, on the left bank of the

Mureș River Mureș may refer to: * Mureș County, Romania * Mureș (river) in Romania and Hungary (''Maros'') * Mureș culture, a Bronze Age culture from Romania See also * Târgu Mureș, the capital of Mureș County * Ocna Mureș Ocna Mureș (; la, Salina ...

, just east of

Reghin Reghin (; hu, Szászrégen, or ; german: (Sächsisch) Regen) is a city in Mureș County, Transylvania, central Romania, on the Mureș River. As of 2011, it had a population of 33,281.Rezultatele finale ale Recensământului din 2011: Locat ...

, and north of 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 ...

. It is traversed east to west by the Gurghiu River, an affluent of the Mureș. It is surrounded to the east by Gurghiu commune, to the west by the city of Reghin, to the south by Beica de Jos commune, and to the north by

Ideciu de Jos Ideciu de Jos ( hu, Alsóidecs, Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Deleni (''Oroszidecs''), Ideciu de Jos and Ideciu de Sus (''Felsőidecs''). The route of the Via Tra ...

commune. As of 2011, Solovăstru had a population of 2,888, of which 85% 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 ...

and 10.6%

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Natives

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References

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