Târgu Mureș

Târgu Mureș
Marosvásárhely
City
Top left: Medieval Fortress and Tower of the Reformed Church, Top right: Bob Church, Middle left: Twilight in inner city, Center: The Reformed Church in Szabadi Street, Middle right: Tower of City Hall, Bottom left: Dome of the Synagogue, Bottom right: Statue of Bolyai Farkas and János in Bolyai Square
Top left: Medieval Fortress and Tower of the Reformed Church, Top right: Bob Church, Middle left: Twilight in inner city, Center: The Reformed Church in Szabadi Street, Middle right: Tower of City Hall, Bottom left: Dome of the Synagogue, Bottom right: Statue of Bolyai Farkas and János in Bolyai Square
Flag of Târgu Mureș
Coat of arms of Târgu Mureș
Location in Mureș County
Location in Mureș County
Târgu Mureș is located in Romania
Târgu Mureș
Târgu Mureș
Location in Romania
Coordinates: 46°32′44″N 24°33′45″E / 46.54556°N 24.56250°E / 46.54556; 24.56250
Country Romania
CountyMureș
StatusCounty capital
Government
 • MayorSoós Zoltán (Ind.)
Area
 • City49.3 km2 (19.0 sq mi)
Population
 (2011 census)
 • City134,290
 • Density2,593/km2 (6,720/sq mi)
 • Metro
212,752
Demonym(s)târgmureșeantârgmureșeancă (ro)
vásárhelyi (hu)
Ethnicity
 • Romanians51.9%
 • Hungarians45.2%
 • Roma2.5%
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code
540xyz1
Area code+40 x652
Car PlatesMS-N3
Websitewww.tirgumures.ro
1x, y, and z are digits that indicate the street, part of the street, or even the building of the address
2x is a digit indicating the operator: 2 for the former national operator, Romtelecom, and 3 for the other ground telephone networks
3used just on the plates of vehicles that operate only within the city limits (such as trolley buses, trams, utility vehicles, ATVs, etc.)

Târgu Mureș (Romanian: [ˈtɨrɡu ˈmureʃ] (audio speaker iconlisten); Hungarian: Marosvásárhely, IPA: [ˈmɒroʃvaːʃaːrhɛj] (audio speaker iconlisten)) is the seat of Mureș County in the historical region of Transylvania, Romania. It is the 16th largest Romanian city. About 134,290 lived here based of the 2011 census.

References

  1. "Romanian census 2002". Edrc.ro. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2011.