Brâncovenești, Mureș

Brâncovenești
Marosvécs
—  Commune  —
Brâncovenești
Coordinates:
Country  Romania
County Mureș County
Population (2002)[1] 4,518
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Brâncovenești (formerly Ieciu and Delavrancea; Hungarian: Marosvécs, Hungarian pronunciation: [mɒroʃveːtʃ] or Vécs; German: Wetsch) is a commune in Mureș County, Romania.

The commune is composed of five villages: Brâncovenești, Idicel, Idicel-Pădure, Săcalu de Pădure and Vălenii de Mureș.

Within its area is the castle Marosvécs, which is the only castle to survive the Mongol Invasion of Hungary in 1241-42. At the time, it was referred to as Vécs. It guarded the salt mines of Gömör.

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References

  1. ^ Romanian census data, 2002; retrieved on March 1, 2010