Târgu Mureș (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈtɨrɡu ˈmureʃ]; Hungarian: Marosvásárhely pronounced [ˈmɒroʃvaːʃaːrhɛj]; German: Neumarkt am Mieresch) is the seat of Mureș County in the north-central part of Romania. As of 2011 the city had a population of 127,849 inhabitants, being the 16th largest Romanian city.
The current Romanian name of the city, Tîrgu Mureş, is the equivalent of the Hungarian Marosvásárhely with both meaning "market on the Mureș (Ma...
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Târgu Mureș (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈtɨrɡu ˈmureʃ]; Hungarian: Marosvásárhely pronounced [ˈmɒroʃvaːʃaːrhɛj]; German: Neumarkt am Mieresch) is the seat of Mureș County in the north-central part of Romania. As of 2011 the city had a population of 127,849 inhabitants, being the 16th largest Romanian city.
The current Romanian name of the city, Tîrgu Mureş, is the equivalent of the Hungarian Marosvásárhely with both meaning "market on the Mureș (Maros) [River]" In Romanian, târg means "market" and, in Hungarian, vásárhely means "marketplace". The Hungarian Marosvásárhely is sometimes shortened to Vásárhely.
The first written reference to the city was in the Latin Novum Forum Siculorum in 1332 followed by mention as Sekulvasarhel (modern Hungarian: Székelyvásárhely), meaning "new market of the Székelys", in 1349. Other Latin names for the town included Agropolis and Areopolis.
In 1616, Gabriel Bethlen gave the name Marosvásárhely to the newly upgraded royal free city. The Romanian name...
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