Deda, Mureș

Deda (Déda, Hungarian pronunciation : ) is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Bistra Mureșului (Dédabisztra), Deda, Filea (Füleháza) and Pietriș (Maroskövesd).

Location
The commune lies on the Transylvanian Plateau, at an altitude of 466 m. It is situated at the feet of the Călimani Mountains, at the point where the Mureș River exits a gorge beginning at Toplița. The Casele Creek flows in the town into the Mureș. Deda is located in the northeastern part of Mureș County, 25 km from the city of Reghin and 57 km from the county seat, Târgu Mureș.

Deda is an important railway junction, linking the CFR Line 405 to Târgu Mureș with the CFR Main Line 400 connecting Brașov and Dej. The commune is crossed by national road DN15 (on this section, part of European route E578), which runs from Turda in Cluj County to Târgu Mureș and on to Bacău in Western Moldavia.

History
The village of Deda was first documented in 1393, under its current name.

Population
In 2002 the commune numbered 4,332 inhabitants, including 4,001 ethnic Romanians, 261 Roma, and 68 Hungarians. At the 2011 census, there were 4,113 inhabitants; of those, 88.14% were Romanians, 8.49% Roma, and 1.05% Hungarians. At the 2021 census, Deda had a population of 3,933, of which 79.3% were Romanians and 14.82% Roma.

Natives

 * Vasile Netea (1912 – 1989), writer and historian