Vărgata

Vărgata Csíkfalva
Commune
Coat of arms
Location in Mureș County
Vărgata Location in Romania
Coordinates: 46°34′N 24°48′E
Country	Romania
County	Mureș
Government
• Mayor (2020–2024)	István Balogh[1] (UDMR)
Population  (2021-12-01)[2]	1,681
Time zone	EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Vehicle reg.	MS

Vărgata (Hungarian: Csíkfalva, Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈtʃikfɒlvɒ]) is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania composed of five villages:

• Grâușorul / Búzaháza
• Mitrești / Nyárádszentmárton
• Vadu / Vadad
• Valea / Jobbágyfalva
• Vărgata

History

It formed part of the Székely Land region of the historical Transylvania province. Until 1918, the village belonged to the Maros-Torda County of the Kingdom of Hungary. After the Treaty of Trianon of 1920, it became part of Romania.

It was first mentioned in 1412 as Chykfalua (Csíkfalva).^[3]

Demographics

The commune has an absolute Hungarian majority. According to the 2011 census, it had a population of 1,945; out of them, 81.1% were Hungarian, 14.3% were Roma and 0.6% were Romanian.^[4]

See also

• List of Hungarian exonyms (Mureș County)

References

1. "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
2. "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
3. Váradi, Péter Pál; Lőwey, Lilla (2008). Felső-Nyárád vidéke (Upper Niraj's region). Budapest: Erdély Fotóalbumok 2008. p. 102. ISBN 9789638641397.
4. Tab8. Populaţia stabilă după etnie – judeţe, municipii, oraşe, comune, 2011 census results, Institutul Național de Statistică, accessed 4 March 2020.