Deda (, 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 ...

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. It is composed of four villages: Bistra Mureșului (''Dédabisztra''), Deda, Filea (''Füleháza'') and Pietriș (''Maroskövesd'').

Location

The commune lies on the

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, at an altitude of . It is situated at the feet of the Călimani Mountains, at the point where 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, a town in Alba Cou ...

exits a gorge beginning at

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. The Casele Creek flows in the town into the Mureș. Deda is located in the northeastern part of Mureș County, from the city of

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and from the county seat,

Târgu Mureș Târgu Mureș (, ; ; German language, German: ''Neumarkt am Mieresch'') is the seat of Mureș County in the historical region of Transylvania, Romania. It is the list of cities and towns in Romania, 16th-largest city in Romania, with 116,033 ...

. Deda is an important railway junction, linking the CFR Line 405 to

with the CFR Main Line 400 connecting

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and Dej. The commune is crossed by

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(on this section, part of

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), which runs from

Turda Turda (; , ; ; ) is a Municipiu, city in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is located in the southeastern part of the county, from the county seat, Cluj-Napoca, to which it is connected by the European route E81, and from nearby Câmpia ...

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to Târgu Mureș and on to

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History

The village of Deda was first documented in 1393, under its current name.

Population

In 2002 the commune numbered 4,332 inhabitants, including 4,001 ethnic

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. At the 2011 census, there were 4,113 inhabitants; of those, 88.14% were Romanians, 8.49% Roma, and 1.05% Hungarians. At the 2021 census, Deda had a population of 3,933, of which 79.3% were Romanians and 14.82% Roma.

Natives

* (1912 – 1989), writer and historian

References

Communes in Mureș County Localities in Transylvania {{Mureş-geo-stub