Sărățeni (, Hungarian pronunciation: ) 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 ...

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. It became an independent commune when it split from the town of

Sovata Sovata (; ; Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a town in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania. Three villages are administered by the town: Căpeți (''Kopac''), Ilieși (''Illyésmező''), and Săcădat (''Szakadát''). In 2004, the village of Săr� ...

in 2004. It is composed of a single village, Sărățeni. The commune is situated on the

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, at an altitude of , on the banks of the

Târnava Mică River The Târnava (full name in ; ; ; ) is a river in Romania. It is formed by the confluence of the Târnava Mare and Târnava Mică in the town of Blaj. The Târnava flows into the Mureș after 23 km near the town of Teiuș. The two source ...

. It is located in the eastern part of Mureș County, southwest of the town of

and east 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

Harghita County Harghita County (, and , ) is a county () in the center of Romania, in eastern Transylvania, with the county seat at Miercurea Ciuc. Demographics 2002 census In 2002, Harghita County had a population of 326,222 and a population density of ...

. Sărățeni is crossed by

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, which connects

Bălăușeri Bălăușeri (; Hungarian pronunciation: ; ) is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Agrișteu, Bălăușeri, Chendu, Dumitreni, Filitelnic, and Senereuș. History Bălăușeri is a commune in Mu ...

Miercurea Ciuc Miercurea Ciuc (; ; ) is the county seat of Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, a mainly Hungarian-speaking ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania, and is situated in the Olt River valley. The city administers three ...

. At the 2011 census, the commune had 1,608 inhabitants, of which 82.46% were

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, 14.74%

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, and 1.49%

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.Tab8. Populația stabilă după etnie – județe, municipii, orașe, comune
2011 census results,

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, accessed 4 March 2020. At the 2021 census, Sărățeni had a population of 1,625; of those, 89.05% were Hungarians, 6.03% Roma, and 1.29% Romanians. The commune is the location of Castra of Sărățeni, a Roman fort. In March–April 1919, the Ținutul Sării revolt occurred in the

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area around Sărățeni.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sarateni, Mures Communes in Mureș County Localities in Transylvania

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