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Szászrégen

Reghin
Szászrégen
Municipality
Skyline of Reghin
Coat of arms of Reghin
Coat of arms
Reghin is located in Romania
Reghin
Reghin
Location of Reghin
Coordinates: 46°46′33″N 24°42′30″E / 46.77583°N 24.70833°E / 46.77583; 24.70833Coordinates: 46°46′33″N 24°42′30″E / 46.77583°N 24.70833°E / 46.77583; 24.70833
Country  Romania
County Mureş County
Status Municipality
Government
 • Mayor Maria Precup (Social Democratic Party)
Area
 • Total 56.09 km2 (21.66 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total Decrease33,281
 • 2002 census 36,023
Demonym(s) reghineanreghineancă (ro)
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Website http://www.primariareghin.ro/

Reghin (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈreɡin]; Hungarian: Szászrégen, Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈsaːsreːɡɛn] (About this sound listen) or Régen; German: (Sächsisch) Regen) is a city and municipality in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania, on the Mureș River. As of 2011 it has a population of 33,281.

Reghin lies 29 km north-northeast of Târgu Mureș, extending on both shores of the Mureș River, at the confluence with the Gurghiu River. It was created by the 1926 union of the German-inhabited (formerly Szászrégen) and the Hungarian-inhabited (formerly Magyarrégen) city, and later joined with the two smaller communities of Apalina (Hungarian: Abafája; German: Bendorf) and Iernuțeni (Hungarian: Radnótfája; German: Etschdorf), added in 1956. Formally, the latter two are separate villages administered by the city.

Reghin was first mentioned in 1228 in a charter of Hungarian King Andrew II as Regun – however, evidence of its strategic location and defence system suggests that the town might have been considerably older, possibly founded by Ladislaus I.


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