Gălești (, 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 Transylvania ( or ; ; or ; Transylvanian Saxon dialect, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Siweberjen'') is a List of historical regions of Central Europe, historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and ...

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composed of seven villages: Adrianu Mare (''Nagyadorján''), Adrianu Mic (''Kisadorján''), Bedeni (''Bede''), Gălești, Maiad (''Nyomát''), Sânvăsii (''Nyárádszentlászló'', established 2004), and Troița (''Szentháromság''). The commune is situated on the

Transylvanian Plateau The Transylvanian Plateau (; ) is a plateau in central Romania. 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

Niraj The Niraj (; ) is a river in the Gurghiu Mountains, Mureș County, northern Romania. Its name originates from the Hungarian word ''nyár'', meaning "Populus, poplar". It is a left tributary of the river Mureș (river), Mureș. It starts at the co ...

. It is located in the central part of Mureș County, southeast of 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 ...

, on

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DJ151D.

Demographics

The commune has an absolute Székely Hungarian majority. According to the 2002 census, it had a population of 2,940, of which 93.61% were

Hungarians Hungarians, also known as Magyars, are an Ethnicity, ethnic group native to Hungary (), who share a common Culture of Hungary, culture, Hungarian language, language and History of Hungary, history. They also have a notable presence in former pa ...

and 1.5%

Romanians Romanians (, ; dated Endonym and exonym, exonym ''Vlachs'') are a Romance languages, Romance-speaking ethnic group and nation native to Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. Sharing a Culture of Romania, ...

. At the 2011 census, there were 3,067 inhabitants, of which 85.13% were Hungarians, 2.22% Romanians, and 1.47%

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. At the 2021 census, Gălești had a population of 2,271; of those, 85.34% were Hungarians, 5.11% Roma, and 2.99% Romanians.

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