Vărgata (, Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania composed of five villages: Grâușorul (Búzaháza), Mitrești {Nyárádszentmárton), Vadu (Vadad), Valea (Jobbágyfalva), and Vărgata.
History The locality formed part of the Székely Land region of the historical Transylvania province. It was first mentioned in 1412 as Chykfalua (Csíkfalva). Until 1918, the villages belonged to the Maros-Torda County of the Kingdom of Hungary. After the Hungarian–Romanian War of 1918–19 and the Treaty of Trianon of 1920, the commune became part of the Kingdom of Romania.
Demographics The commune has an absolute Hungarian majority. According to the 2011 census, it had a population of 1,945; out of them, 81.1% were Hungarian, 14.3% were Roma, and 0.6% were Romanians.Tab8. Populaţia stabilă după etnie – judeţe, municipii, oraşe, comune, 2011 census results, Institutul Național de Statistică, accessed 4 March 2020. At the 2021 census, Vărgata had a population of 1,681; of those, 76.26% were Hungarians and 11.96% Roma.
See also List of Hungarian exonyms (Mureș County)
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