Reghin Szászrégen |
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Coordinates: 46°46′33″N 24°42′30″E / 46.77583°N 24.70833°ECoordinates: 46°46′33″N 24°42′30″E / 46.77583°N 24.70833°E | ||
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 | 33,281 | |
• 2002 census | 36,023 | |
Demonym(s) | reghinean, reghineancă (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] ( 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.