The Transylvanian Plain ( ro, Câmpia Transilvaniei; hu, Mezőség, ) is an ethnogeographical area in
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 A ...
,
Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...
, located between the
Someșul Mare
The Someșul Mare (''Great Someș'', Hungarian: ''Nagy-Szamos'') is a river in north-western Romania, originating in the Bistrița-Năsăud County in the Rodna Mountains at the confluence of two headwaters — the ''Preluci'' and the ''Zmeu''. Th ...
and the
Someșul Mic
The Someșul Mic (''Little Someș'', Hungarian: ''Kis-Szamos'') is a river in north-western Romania (Cluj County). At its confluence with the Someșul Mare in Mica, the Someș is formed. Its total length is , and its drainage basin area is . rivers to the north and west and 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, Sali ...
to the south and east. It is populated by both
ethnic Romanians and
ethnic Hungarians.
The Transylvanian Plain can be divided into two parts: a hilly one in the northeast and a flatter one in the south and west.
Important villages in the Transylvanian Plain include
Sic (in Hungarian, ''Szék''; a former salt-mining town),
Mociu (''Mócs''),
Jucu
Jucu ( hu, Zsuk; german: Schucken) is a commune in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Gădălin (''Kötelend''), Juc-Herghelie (''Zsukiménes''), Jucu de Mijloc (''Nemeszsuk''), commune centre Jucu de Sus (''Fels� ...
(''Zsuk''),
Band
Band or BAND may refer to:
Places
*Bánd, a village in Hungary
*Band, Iran, a village in Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
* Band, Mureș, a commune in Romania
*Band-e Majid Khan, a village in Bukan County, West Azerbaijan Province, I ...
(''Mezőbánd''),
Suatu (''Magyarszovát''), and
Unguraș (''Bálványosváralja'').
Images
Image:Church in Beclean.jpg, Reformed Church in Beclean
Beclean (; Hungarian and German: ''Bethlen'') is a town in Bistrița-Năsăud County, in north-eastern Transylvania, Romania. The town administers three villages: Coldău (''Goldau''; ''Várkudu''), Figa (''Füge''), and Rusu de Jos (''Alsóor ...
Image:Bontida Banffy Castle 20.JPG, Bonțida Bánffy Castle
Bánffy Castle is an architectural monument situated in Bonţida, a village in the vicinity of Cluj-Napoca, Romania, with construction phases and stylistic features belonging to Renaissance, Baroque, Neoclassical and Neogothic styles. It is owne ...
Image:Református templom, 2008 Mezőcsávás1.jpg, Ceuașu de Câmpie Reformed church and bell tower
Image:Rascruci Banffy castle2.JPG, Răscruci Banffy castle
Image:Református templom, 2008 Mezőfele1.jpg, Câmpenița Reformed Church
Image:Kornis Castle in Manastirea, Cluj County 011.JPG, Kornis Castle în Mănăstirea
Image:Vajdaszentivány.jpg, Voivodeni castle
Geography of Transylvania
Geography of Cluj County
Plains of Romania
Carpathians
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