Band (Hungarian: Mezőbánd; Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania, composed of eleven villages: Band, Drăculea Bandului (Drekulyatelep), Fânațe (Fekete), Iștan-Tău (Istentó), Mărășești (Marosesd), Negrenii de Câmpie (Feketelak), Oroiu (Székelyuraly), Petea (Mezőpete), Țiptelnic (Száltelek), Valea Mare (Nagyvölgy), and Valea Rece (Hidegvölgy). Mădăraș village was part of the commune until 2004, when it was split off to form a separate commune. In 2011, Fânațele Mădărașului village was also split off and transferred to Mădăraș Commune.
Demographics
According to the 2002 census, the commune had a population of 7,726, of which 45.42% were Székely Hungarians, 37.12% Romanians, and 17.46% Roma. At the 2021 census, Band had a population of 6,126; of those, 35.1% were Romanians, 31.36% Hungarians, and 19.38% Roma.
Natives Iosif Hodoșiu (1829–1880), historian, politician, lawyer, publisher, and a founding member of the Romanian Academy Eszter Mátéfi (born 1966), handball coach and former handball player
See also List of Hungarian exonyms (Mureș County)
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