Râciu (, 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 ...

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

composed of fifteen villages: Căciulata, Coasta Mare (''Nagyoldal''), Cotorinau, Curețe, Hagău (''Hágó''), Leniș (''Lenes''), Nima Râciului (''Rücsinéma''), Obârșie, Pârâu Crucii (''Keresztpatak''), Râciu, Sânmărtinu de Câmpie (''Mezőszentmárton''), Ulieș (''Nagyölyves''), Valea Sânmărtinului (''Forrásészka''), Valea Seacă (''Szárazpatak''), and Valea Ulieșului (''Ölyvespatak'').

Demographics

At the 2002 census, the town had a population of 3,752, of which 90% were

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, ...

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. At the 2011 census, Râciu had a population of 3,748, of which 87.35% were Romanians, 7.55% Roma, and 2.59% Hungarians. At the 2021 census, it had a population of 3,289, of which 79.36% were Romanians, 5.81% Roma, and 1.4% Hungarians.

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Demographics

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