Viișoara (; ; 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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that is composed of three villages: Ormeniș (''Irmesch''; ''Szászörményes''), Sântioana (''Johannisdorf''; ''Szászszentiván''), and Viișoara.

Geography

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 ...

, on the bank of the rivers Domald and Sântioana, at an altitude of . It is located in the southern part of Mureș County, 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 ...

, on the border with

Sibiu County Sibiu County () is a county () of Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania. Its county seat () is the namesake town of Sibiu (). Name In Hungarian, it is known as ''Szeben megye'', and in German as ''Kreis Hermannstadt''. Under the ...

. Viișoara is crossed by

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DJ142C, which joins it to

Bălăușeri Bălăușeri (; Hungarian pronunciation: ; ) is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Agrișteu, Bălăușeri, Chendu, Dumitreni, Filitelnic, and Senereuș. History Bălăușeri is a commune in Mu ...

, to the northeast, and to Dumbrăveni, to the south.

Demographics

At the 2002 census, the commune had a population of 1,663: 70%

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, ...

, 25%

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, 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%

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. At the 2011 census, there were 1,659 inhabitants, of which 60.76% Romanians, 31.95% Roma, 1.75% Hungarians, and 1.69% Germans. At the 2021 census, Viișoara had a population of 1,802, of which 67.54% Romanians, 20.14% Roma, 2.89% Germans, and 1.78% Hungarians.

References

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