Administrative map of Romania
with Mureş county highlighted

Mureş (Hungarian: Maros) is a Romanian county (Judeţ) in the Transylvania region, with the capital city at Târgu Mureş, known in Hungarian as Marosvásárhely (population: 165,835). Its common abbreviation is MS.

Demographics

In 2000, it had a population of 602,426 and the population density was 90/km². According to the latest national census (2002), the major ethnic groups in the county are:

• Romanians (53,3%)
• Hungarians (39,3%)
• Gypsies (6,95%).

Geography

This county has a total area of 6,714 km².

List of cities in Mureş county

• Târgu Mureş
• Reghin
• Sighisoara
• Tarnaveni
• Ludus
• Sovata
• Iernut