Eftimie Murgu, Caraș-Severin
Eftimie Murgu | |
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Location in Caraș-Severin County | |
Eftimie Murgu Location in Romania | |
| Coordinates: 44°54′N 22°06′E / 44.900°N 22.100°E | |
| Country | Romania |
| County | Caraș-Severin |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2024) | Mihai Otiman[2] (PNL) |
Area | 99.02 km2 (38.23 sq mi) |
| Population (2021-12-01)[1] | 1,296 |
| • Density | 13.09/km2 (33.90/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Vehicle reg. | CS |
Eftimie Murgu (called Rudăria until 1970, when it was renamed after the revolutionary born there; Hungarian: Ógerlistye) is a commune in Caraș-Severin County, western Romania, with a population of 1,822 people. It is composed of a single village, Eftimie Murgu.
Of the commune's inhabitants whose ethnicity was recorded at the 2011 census, 99.5% were Romanians. 85.6% were Romanian Orthodox and 14.2% Baptist.
The commune is named after Eftimie Murgu (1805–1870), a philosopher and member of the 1848 revolutionary movements in Wallachia and the Banat.
References
- ^ "2021 Romanian census". National Institute of Statistics.
- ^ "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 8 June 2021.