Papiu Ilarian is a commune in Mureş County

Mures County

Mureș is a county of Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania, with the administrative centre in Târgu Mureș.-Geography:The county has a total area of 6,714 km²....

, in the historical Transylvania

Transylvania

Transylvania is a historical region in the central part of Romania. Bounded on the east and south by the Carpathian mountain range, historical Transylvania extended in the west to the Apuseni Mountains; however, the term sometimes encompasses not only Transylvania proper, but also the historical...

 province, Romania

Romania

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 composed of five villages:

• Dobra / Dobratanya
• Merişoru / Bugusalja
• Papiu Ilarian
• Şandru / Sándortelep
• Ursoaia / Urszajatelep

Its first written mention is from 1332 as Budun (Bodon). The prefix "Mező", meaning 'field', in its Hungarian name refers to the Mezőség subregion where it lies.

Romanian politician Alexandru Papiu Ilarian

Alexandru Papiu Ilarian

Alexandru Papiu-Ilarian was a Romanian revolutionary and lawyer.His father was a Greek-catholic priest, Ioan Pop. He grew up in Budiu de Câmpie, near Târgu Mureş, and finished high school in Cluj. He was active in the Revolution of 1848.He was a founder and president of the Transylvania Society,...

 was born here in 1828, and the commune was later named after him.

Demographics

The commune has a Hungarian majority. According to the 2002 Census

Census

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it has a population of 1,013 of which 56.17% or 569 are Hungarian.