Cucerdea (,
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 three villages: Bord (''Bord''), Cucerdea, and Șeulia de Mureș (''Oláhsályi'').
The commune is located in the southwestern part of the county, in the center of the
Transylvanian Plateau, between the rivers
Mureș and
Târnava Mică.
Cucerdea is situated north of
Târnăveni and south of
Iernut, at a distance of from the county seat,
Târgu Mureș.
According to the 2011 Census, the commune has a population of 1,525, of which 97.18% are ethnic
Romanians
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.
See also
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List of Hungarian exonyms (Mureș County)
References
Communes in Mureș County
Localities in Transylvania
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