Vătava (; ,
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
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,
Romania
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composed of three villages: Dumbrava (''Marosliget''), Râpa de Jos (''Alsórépa''), and Vătava.
Demographics
At the
2011 census, the commune had a population of 1,987: 91%
Romanians
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, 6.8%
Roma
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People, characters, figures, names
* Roma or Romani people, an ethnic group living mostly in Europe and the Americas.
* Roma called Roy, ancient Egyptian High Priest of Amun
* Roma (footballer, born 1979), born ''Paul ...
, and 0.2%
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 ...
. At the
2021 census, the population had decreased to 1,709; of those, 87.5% were Romanians and 7.1% Roma.
International relations
Until 2009, Vătava was
twinned with
Laval, France.
References
Communes in Mureș County
Localities in Transylvania
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