Petelea

Petelea (; , <small>Hungarian pronunciation:</small> ) is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania that is composed of two villages: Habic (Hétbükk, meaning "Seven Beech Trees" in Hungarian) and Petelea.

The commune is located in the north-central part of the county, northeast of Târgu Mureș and south of Reghin, on the national road road. It is situated on the left bank of the river Mureș and it is traversed by two of its affluents: the Beica and the Habic.

At the 2021 census, Petelea had a population of 3,088; of those, 71.83% were Romanians and 21.96% Roma.

Natives

• Virgil Bercea (born 1957), Bishop of the Eparchy of Oradea Mare of the Greek Catholic Church since 1997

See also

• List of Hungarian exonyms (Mureș County)

References