Mirăslău

Mirăslău
—  Commune  —
Location of Mirăslău
Mirăslău Location of Mirăslău
Coordinates: 46°22′00″N 23°43′00″E / 46.3666667°N 23.7166667°E / 46.3666667; 23.7166667Coordinates: 46°22′00″N 23°43′00″E / 46.3666667°N 23.7166667°E / 46.3666667; 23.7166667
Country	Romania
County	Alba County
Status	Commune
Government
– Mayor	Aurel Mărginean (National Liberal Party)
Area
– Total	66.59 km2 (25.7 sq mi)
Population (2002)
– Total	2,334UNIQ195c08fcdb07ac9-ref-00,000,000-QINU
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
– Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Mirăslău (German: Mireslau, Hungarian: Miriszló) is a commune located in Alba County, Romania. It has a population of 2334. The commune is composed of six villages: Cicău (Csákó), Decea (Marosdécse), Lopadea Veche (Oláhlapád), Mirăslău, Ormeniş (Marosörméyes) and Rachiş (Oláhrákos).

The commune is the site of a battle in 1600 between the Wallachian army led by Michael the Brave and the Hungarian noblemen supported by the Austrian general Giorgio Basta (see Battle of Mirăslău).

At the 2002 census, 71.4% of inhabitants were Romanians, 26.9% Hungarians and 1.6% Roma. 66.4% were Romanian Orthodox, 25% Reformed and 4% Greek-Catholic.

References

1. ^ (Romanian) "Mirăslău", at the Erdélyi Magyar Adatbank's Recensământ 2002; Retrieved on September 4, 2009