Rădești (formerly ''Tâmpăhaza''; ; ) is a commune located in

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 ...

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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. It is composed of four villages: Leorinț (''Laurentzi; Lőrincréve''), Meșcreac (''Weichseldorf; Meggykerék''), Rădești, and Șoimuș (''Magyarsolymos'').

Demographics

At the 2011 census, the commune had a population of 1,200, of which 78.1% 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, ...

, 19.3%

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 2.4%

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. Furthermore, 63.7% were

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, 21.4%

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and 14%

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. At the 2021 census, there were 1,175 inhabitants, of which 80.6% were Romanians and 14.55% Hungarians.

Natives

* Augustin Lazăr (born 1956), academic and magistrate * Demetriu Radu (1861 – 1920), Greek Catholic bishop

References

Communes in Alba County Localities in Transylvania {{Alba-geo-stub