Gornești

Gornești Gernyeszeg
Commune
Reformed church in Gornești
Location in Mureș County
Gornești Location in Romania
Coordinates: 46°40′N 24°39′E / 46.667°N 24.650°E / 46.667; 24.650
Country	Romania
County	Mureș
Government
• Mayor (2020–2024)	Gyula Kolcsár[2] (UDMR)
Area	54.39 km^2 (21.00 sq mi)
Elevation	340 m (1,120 ft)
Population  (2021-12-01)[1]	5,072
• Density	93.25/km^2 (241.5/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal code	547280
Area code	(+40) 02 65
Vehicle reg.	MS
Website	primariagornesti.ro

Gornești (formerly Ghernesig; Hungarian: Gernyeszeg, Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈɡɛrɲɛsɛɡ]) is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania composed of nine villages: Gornești, Iara de Mureș (Marosjára), Ilioara (Kisillye), Mura Mare (Nagyszederjes), Mura Mică (Kisszederjes), Pădureni (Erdőcsinád), Periș (Körtvélyfája), Petrilaca de Mureș (Magyarpéterlaka), and Teleac (Marostelek).

Geography

Gornești lies on the Transylvanian Plateau, on the left bank of the Mureș River. Located in the central part of the county, it is crossed by national road DN15 [ro], which connects it to the county seat, Târgu Mureș, 19 km (12 mi) to the south, and to Reghin, 14 km (8.7 mi) to the north.

History

The commune formed part of the Székely Land region of the historical Transylvania province. Until 1918, it belonged to the Maros-Torda County of the Kingdom of Hungary. After the Hungarian–Romanian War of 1919 and the Treaty of Trianon of 1920, it became part of Romania.

Demographics

Gornești has an absolute Hungarian majority. According to the 2011 census, it had a population of 5,577, of which 71.9% were Hungarians, 18.5% Romanians, and 9.5% Roma.^[3] At the 2021 census, the commune had 5,072 inhabitants; of those, 69.28% were Hungarians, 15.18% Romanians, and 8.28% Roma.^[4]

Natives

• István Bethlen (1874–1946), aristocrat and statesman, Prime Minister of Hungary from 1921 to 1931
• Sámuel Teleki (1739–1822), Chancellor of Transylvania, famous book collector
• Alexandru Todea (1912–2002), Greek-Catholic bishop of the Alba Iulia Diocese and later cardinal

Economy

The Teleac gas field is located on the territory of the commune; it was discovered in 1915 and began production in 1930.

See also

• List of Hungarian exonyms (Mureș County)

References

1. "2021 Romanian census". National Institute of Statistics.
2. "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
3. (in Romanian) Populația stabilă după etnie – județe, municipii, orașe, comune Archived 2016-01-18 at the Wayback Machine, National Institute of Statistics; accessed August 26, 2015
4. "Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (in Romanian). INSSE. 31 May 2023.

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  Teleki Castle in Gornești
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  Wooden church in Mura Mare-Boțog
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  Petrilaca de Mureș
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  Teleac