Mureș County
Mureș County
Județul Mures Maros megye | |
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| Coordinates: 46°35′N 24°37′E / 46.59°N 24.61°E | |
| Country | Romania |
| Development region1 | Centru |
| Historic region | Transylvania |
| County seat | Târgu Mureș |
| Government | |
| • Type | County Board |
| • President of the County Board | Péter Ferenc (RMDSZ) |
| • Prefect2 | Ciprian Dobre |
| Area | |
• Total | 6,714 km2 (2,592 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 11th in Romania |
| Population (2021-12-01) | |
• Total | 518,193 |
| • Rank | 12th in Romania |
| • Density | 82/km2 (210/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal Code | 54wxyz3 |
| Area code | +40 x654 |
| Car plates | MS5 |
| GDP (nominal) | US$ 8.990 billion (2025) |
| GDP per capita | US$ 17,348 (2025) |
| Website | County Board County Prefecture |
| 1The developing regions of Romania have no administrative role. 2 as of 2007, the Prefect is not a politician, but a public functionary. He (or she) is not allowed to be a member of a political party, and is banned to have any political activity in the first six months after the resignation (or exclusion) from the public functionary corps 3w, x, y, and z are digits that indicate the city, the street, part of the street, or even the building of the address 4x is a digit indicating the operator: 2 for the former national operator, Romtelecom, and 3 for the other ground telephone networks 5used on both the plates of the vehicles that operate only in the county limits (like utility vehicles, ATVs, etc.), and the ones used outside the county | |
Mureș County (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈmureʃ], Romanian: Județul Mureș, Hungarian: Maros megye) is a county (județ) of Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania, with the administrative centre in Târgu Mureș. The county was established in 1968, after the administrative reorganization that re-introduced the historical județ (county) system, still used today. This reform eliminated the previous Mureș-Magyar Autonomous Region, which had been created in 1952 within the People's Republic of Romania. Mureș County has a vibrant multicultural fabric that includes Hungarian-speaking Székelys and Transylvanian Saxons, with a rich heritage of fortified churches and towns.