| Bălăuşeri Balavásár |
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Bălăuşeri
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| Coordinates: | |
| Country | Romania |
| County | Mureş County |
| Status | Commune |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Sagyebo Istvan |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 5,064 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Bălăuşeri (Hungarian: Balavásár; Hungarian pronunciation: [bɒlɒvaːʃaːr]) is a commune in Mureş County, Romania composed of six villages:
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The village was in the northern reaches of Küküllő County in Transylvania, just over the border from the Székely Land; the county was split in the 1876 administrative reform, and thereafter the village belonged to Kis-Küküllő County in the Kingdom of Hungary. After the 1920 Treaty of Trianon, it became part of Romania along with the rest of Transylvania.
According to the 2002 Census the commune has a population of 5,064 of which 3,404 (67.22%) are Hungarians, 905 (17.8%) Romanians, 742 (14.6%) Roma and 13 Germans. Bălăuşeri village has a population of 1228 people.