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Daneș (Hungarian: Dános, Hungarian pronunciation: ; ) is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania, near Sighișoara. It is composed of four villages: Criș (Keresd; Kreisch), Daneș, Seleuș (Keménynagyszőlős; Großalisch), and Stejărenii (Bese; Beșa until 1960).

Key facts

Romanian subdivision.type
commune
Romanian subdivision.county
Mureș
Romanian subdivision.name
Daneș
Romanian subdivision.image_shield
ROU MS Danes CoA.jpg
Romanian subdivision.image_skyline
Castelul Bethlen 07797.JPG
Romanian subdivision.image_caption
Bethlen Castle in Criș
Romanian subdivision.image_map
Danes jud Mures.png
Romanian subdivision.map_caption
Location in Mureș County
Romanian subdivision.leader_name
Valeriu Hundorfean
Romanian subdivision.leader_party
PSD
Romanian subdivision.leader_term
2024–2028
Romanian subdivision.elevation
353
Romanian subdivision.area_total
114.72
Romanian subdivision.population_total
auto
Romanian subdivision.postal_code
557200
Romanian subdivision.area_code
(+40) 0265

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Daneș (Hungarian: Dános, Hungarian pronunciation: ; ) is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania, near Sighișoara. It is composed of four villages: Criș (Keresd; Kreisch), Daneș, Seleuș (Keménynagyszőlős; Großalisch), and Stejărenii (Bese; Beșa until 1960).

The commune is situated on the Transylvanian Plateau, on the banks of the river Târnava Mare. It is located in the southern part of Mureș County, east of Sighișoara and south of the county seat, Târgu Mureș, on the border with Sibiu County. The Daneș train station serves the CFR Main Line 300, which connects Bucharest with the Hungarian border near Oradea. The route of the Via Transilvanica long-distance trail passes through the villages of Stejărenii and Criș.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Daneș” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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