Brâncovenești, Mureș
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Brâncovenești (formerly ''Ieciu'' and ''Delavrancea''; hu, Marosvécs, Hungarian pronunciation: or ''Vécs''; german: Wetsch) is a
commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...
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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. The commune is composed of five villages: Brâncovenești, Idicel (''Idecspatak''), Idicel-Pădure (''Erdőidecs''), Săcalu de Pădure (''Erdőszakál'') and Vălenii de Mureș (''Disznajó''). Brâncovenești is the site of the Kemény Castle, which was the only castle 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 Ap ...
to survive the Mongol Invasion of Hungary in 1241–42. At the time, it was referred to as Vécs, and it guarded the salt mines of Gömör.


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List of Hungarian exonyms (Mureș County) This is a list of Hungarian names for towns and communes in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania. {{DEFAULTSORT:List of Hungarian exonyms (Mures County) Mures County Hungarian exonyms in Mures Hungarian Hungarian Exonyms An endonym ...


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