Daneș

Daneș
Bethlen Castle in Criș
Location in Mureș County
Daneș
Location in Romania
Coordinates: 46°13′N 24°42′E / 46.217°N 24.700°E / 46.217; 24.700
CountryRomania
CountyMureș
Government
 • Mayor (2024–2028)Valeriu Hundorfean (PSD)
Area
114.72 km2 (44.29 sq mi)
Elevation
353 m (1,158 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-01)[1]
4,743
 • Density41.34/km2 (107.1/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal code
557200
Area code(+40) 0265
Vehicle reg.MS
Websiteprimariadanes.ro

Daneș (Hungarian: Dános, Hungarian pronunciation: [daːnoʃ]; German: Dunesdorf) is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania, near Sighișoara. It is composed of four villages: Criș (Keresd; Kreisch), Daneș, Seleuș (Keménynagyszőlős; Großalisch), and Stejărenii (Bese; Beșa until 1960).

The commune is situated on the Transylvanian Plateau, on the banks of the river Târnava Mare. It is located in the southern part of Mureș County, 8 km (5 mi) east of Sighișoara and 50 km (31 mi) south of the county seat, Târgu Mureș, on the border with Sibiu County. The Daneș train station serves the CFR Main Line 300, which connects Bucharest with the Hungarian border near Oradea. The route of the Via Transilvanica long-distance trail passes through the villages of Stejărenii and Criș.[2]

At the 2021 census, the commune had a population of 4,743; of those, 66.73% were Romanians, 18.26% Roma, 1.37% Germans, and 1.27% Hungarians.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "2021 Romanian census". National Institute of Statistics. 1 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Terra Saxonum | Via Transilvanica". www.viatransilvanica.com (in Romanian). Retrieved 2023-08-14.
  3. ^ "Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (in Romanian). INSSE. 31 May 2023.