Mureș County Voyage Tips and guide

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Mureș County is in Szeklerland, Transylvania, 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.

• 46.54972224.5597221 Târgu-Mureș — famous for its Art Nouveau buildings, it is the cultural and economic centre of the Székely Land
• 46.77583324.7083332 Reghin — a former German town with a lot of Jewish history
• 46.17694724.991793 Saschiz — a UNESCO World Heritage site with a fortified church and the ruins of a peasant fortress
• 46.58060324.6139324 Sangeorgiu de Mures — home to the grand Máriaffy Castle, now in a stare of disrepair
• 46.21694424.7911115 Sighișoara — one of the few still inhabited citadels in Europe; a UNESCO world heritage site
• 46.59611125.0744446 Sovata — a spa town and health resort with several saltwater lakes
• 46.32972224.277 Târnăveni — set in a wonderful natural landscape of hills, with the Târnava Mică river passing through it

The northeastern side of the county consists of the Călimani and Gurghiu Mountains and the sub-Carpathian hills, members of the Inner Eastern Carpathians. The rest of the county is part of the Transylvanian Plateau, with deep but wide valleys.

The main river crossing in the county is the Mureș River. The Târnava Mare River and the Târnava Mică River also cross the county.

The county's population is about 53% ethnic Romanian, 38% Hungarian, 7% Roma, and less than 0.5% German and other groups.

• 46.46777824.41251 Târgu Mureș International Airport (TGM ^IATA) (14 km southwest of the city). Flights from Budapest and London-Luton, provided by Wizz Air. There are no domestic flights. (updated Mar 2024)

Some of the main tourist attractions in the county are the old city of Târgu Mureș, the medieval city of Sighișoara, Sovata resort, the city of Reghin, the medieval fortified church of Saschiz, and the Călimani and Gurghiu Mountains.