Ghindari

Commune in Mureș, Romania

Ghindari Makfalva
Commune

Location in Mureș County
(2020–2024)		Imre Vass^[1] (AMT)
Population (2021-12-01)^[2]	3,034
Time zone	EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Postal code	547265
Area code	+40 265
Vehicle reg.	MS
Website	www.makfalva.eu

Ghindari (Hungarian: Makfalva, Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈmɒkfɒlvɒ]; German: Eicheldorf) is a commune in Mureș County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania.

Component villages

The commune is composed of five villages:

In Romanian	In Hungarian
Abud	Székelyabod
Ceie	Cséje
Ghindari	Makfalva
Solocma	Szolokma
Trei Sate	Hármasfalu

Trei Sate village, in its turn, is composed of three hamlets: Cioc (Csókfalva), Hotești (Atosfalva), and Ștefănești (Székelyszentistván).

History

Until 1918, the villages belonged to the Maros-Torda County of the Kingdom of Hungary. After the Hungarian–Romanian War of 1918–19 and the Treaty of Trianon of 1920, the area became part of the Romania. In 2004, Chibed broke away to form an independent commune.

Demographics

The commune has an absolute Székely Hungarian majority. According to the 2011 census, it has a population of 3,250, of which 88.43% are Hungarian and 7.08% Roma.

Gallery

Abud
Abud
Statue of Miklós Wesselényi
View of Ghindari village
Trei Sate

References

^ "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.