Iernut ( hu, Radnót, ) is a town 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 ...

, central

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 ...

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...

. It administers eight villages: Cipău (''Maroscsapó''), Deag (''Marosdég''), Lechința (''Maroslekence''), Oarba de Mureș (''Marosorbó''), Porumbac (''Porumbáktanya''), Racameț (''Józseftanya''), Sălcud (''Szélkút''), and Sfântu Gheorghe (''Csapószentgyörgy''). It officially became a town in 1989, as a result of the

Romanian rural systematization program The Romanian rural systematization program was a social engineering program undertaken by Nicolae Ceaușescu's Romania primarily at the end of the 1980s. The legal framework for this program was established as early as 1974, but it only began in ...

. The commune is situated on the

Transylvanian Plateau The Transylvanian Plateau ( ro, Podișul Transilvaniei; hu, Erdélyi-medence) is a plateau in central Romania. The plateau lies within and takes its name from the historical region of Transylvania, and is almost entirely surrounded by the East ...

. It lies on the banks 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, Sali ...

; the Lechința River discharges into the Mureș here.

Demographics

The 2011 census revealed the following demographic data:2002 Census Data
/ref> * Romanians (76.55%) * Hungarians (13.36%) * Roma (9.84%) * others (0.18%)

Main sights

* The Reformed church (built between 1486 and 1593); * Kornis-Rakóczi-Bethlen Castle (built in 1545); * The two lakes near the city; *

; * Lupoaica; * Old Buildings.

References

Populated places in Mureș County Localities in Transylvania Towns in Romania {{Mureş-geo-stub