Bahnea

Commune in Mureș, Romania

Bahnea Bonyha
Commune
Reformed church
Coat of arms
Location in Mureș County
(2020–2024)		Ioan Jors^[1] (PNL)
Area	91.65 km² (35.39 sq mi)
Elevation	300 m (1,000 ft)
Population (2021-12-01)^[2]	3,528
• Density	38/km² (100/sq mi)
Time zone	EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Postal code	547055
Area code	(+40) 0265
Vehicle reg.	MS
Website	comunabahnea.ro

Bahnea (Hungarian: Bonyha; Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈbonihɒ], until 1898 Szászbonyha; German: Bachnen) is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of seven villages: Bahnea, Bernadea (Bernád), Cund (Kund; Reussdorf), Daia (Dányán), Gogan (Gógán), Idiciu (Jövedics), and Lepindea (Leppend).

Geography

The commune is situated on the Transylvanian Plateau, at an altitude of 300 m (980 ft), on the banks of the river Târnava Mică and its left tributary, the Cund. The river Idiciu flows into the Cund in Bahnea village.

Bahnea commune is located in the southern part of Mureș County, 16 km (10 mi) from Târnăveni and 26 km (16 mi) from the county seat, Târgu Mureș, on the border with Sibiu County.

Demographics

At the 2011 census, the commune had 3,739 inhabitants, of which 35.1% were Roma, 33.3% Romanians, and 30.8% Hungarians. At the 2021 census, Bahnea had a population of 3,528; of those, 39.63% were Romanians, 32.54% Roma, and 22.19% Hungarians.^[3]

Natives

Kata Bethlen (1700–1759), memoirist
Domokos Bölöni (born 1946), writer and journalist
Árpád Fazekas (born 1949), footballer

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.
^ "Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (in Romanian). INSSE. 31 May 2023.