Petelea
Commune in Mureș, Romania
Coat of arms
Location in Mureș County
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Petelea (German: Birk; Hungarian: Petele, Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈpɛtɛlɛ]) is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania that is composed of two villages: Habic (Hétbükk, meaning "Seven Beech Trees" in Hungarian) and Petelea. It had a population of 3,088 as of 2021; of those, 71.83% were Romanians and 21.96% Roma.
The commune is located in the north-central part of the county, 25 km (16 mi) northeast of Târgu Mureș and 6 km (3.7 mi) south of Reghin, on the national road DN15 [ro] road. It is situated on the left bank of the river Mureș and it is traversed by two of its affluents: the Beica and the Habic.
Natives
- Virgil Bercea (born 1957), Bishop of the Eparchy of Oradea Mare of the Greek Catholic Church since 1997
See also
- List of Hungarian exonyms (Mureș County)
References
- Wooden church in Petelea
- Romanian Orthodox church in Habic
- View of Habic
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Mureș County, Romania
- Târgu Mureș (county seat)
- Reghin
- Sighișoara
- Târnăveni
- Acățari
- Adămuș
- Albești
- Aluniș
- Apold
- Ațintiș
- Băgaciu
- Bahnea
- Băla
- Bălăușeri
- Band
- Batoș
- Beica de Jos
- Bereni
- Bichiș
- Bogata
- Brâncovenești
- Breaza
- Ceuașu de Câmpie
- Chețani
- Chibed
- Chiheru de Jos
- Coroisânmărtin
- Corunca
- Cozma
- Crăciunești
- Crăiești
- Cristești
- Cucerdea
- Cuci
- Daneș
- Deda
- Eremitu
- Ernei
- Fântânele
- Fărăgău
- Gălești
- Gănești
- Gheorghe Doja
- Ghindari
- Glodeni
- Gornești
- Grebenișu de Câmpie
- Gurghiu
- Hodac
- Hodoșa
- Ibănești
- Iclănzel
- Ideciu de Jos
- Livezeni
- Lunca
- Lunca Bradului
- Mădăraș
- Măgherani
- Mica
- Miheșu de Câmpie
- Nadeș
- Neaua
- Ogra
- Pănet
- Papiu Ilarian
- Păsăreni
- Petelea
- Pogăceaua
- Râciu
- Răstolița
- Rușii-Munți
- Sâncraiu de Mureș
- Sângeorgiu de Mureș
- Sânger
- Sânpaul
- Sânpetru de Câmpie
- Sântana de Mureș
- Sărăteni
- Saschiz
- Șăulia
- Șincai
- Solovăstru
- Stânceni
- Suplac
- Suseni
- Tăureni
- Valea Largă
- Vânători
- Vărgata
- Vătava
- Vețca
- Viișoara
- Voivodeni
- Zagăr
- Zau de Câmpie