Bichiș (,
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 ...
,
Transylvania
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,
Romania
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. It is composed of four villages: Bichiș, Gâmbuț (''Gombostelke''), Nandra (''Lándor''), and Ozd (''Magyarózd'').
The commune is situated on the
Transylvanian Plateau
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Description
The plateau lies within and takes its name from the historical region of Transylvania, and is almost entirely surrounded by the Eastern Carpathians, Eastern, Southern ...
, at an altitude of , on the banks of the river
Ațintiș. It is located in the southwestern part of Mureș County, south of the town of
Luduș and from the county seat,
Târgu Mureș
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, on the border with
Alba County
Alba County () is a county (județ) of Romania located in the historic region of Transylvania. Its capital is Alba Iulia, a city with a population of 63,536.
Name
"Alba", meaning "white" in Latin and Romanian, is derived from the name of the ...
.
Bichiș had a population of 1,039 at the 2002 census, and 805 at the
2011 census.
Tab8. Populaţia stabilă după etnie – judeţe, municipii, oraşe, comune
2011 census results, Institutul Național de Statistică
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, accessed 3 March 2020. At the 2021 census, there were 715 inhabitants, of which 52.17% were Hungarians
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, 31.89% Romanians
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, and 11.33% Roma.
Natives
* Elena Ghiba Birta (1801–1864), promoter of Romanian-language education
* János Kemény (1607–1662), Prince of Transylvania
The Prince of Transylvania (, , , Fallenbüchl 1988, p. 77.) was the head of state of the Principality of Transylvania from the late-16th century until the mid-18th century. John Sigismund Zápolya was the first to adopt the title in 1 ...
from 1661 to 1662
See also
*List of Hungarian exonyms (Mureș County)
This is a list of Hungarian names for towns and communes in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania.
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Mures County
Hungarian exonyms in Mures
Hungarian
Hungarian
Exonyms
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References
Communes in Mureș County
Localities in Transylvania
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