Cozma, Mureș
commune in Mureș County, Romania
Cozma (Hungarian: Kozmatelke, Hungarian pronunciation: [kozmɒtɛlkɛ]) is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Cozma, Fânațele Socolului (Szénaszokol), Socolu de Câmpie (Mezőszokol), Valea Sasului (Szászvölgye), and Valea Ungurului (Magyarvölgye).
The commune is situated in the Transylvanian Plain, at an altitude of 408 m (1,339 ft), on the banks of the river Agriș. It is located in the northern part of Mureș County, 20 km (12 mi) west of the city of Reghin and about 45 km (28 mi) north of the county seat, Târgu Mureș, on the border with Bistrița-Năsăud County. Cozma is crossed by county road DJ162A, which ends in national road DN16, 7 km (4.3 mi) to the southeast.
At the 2021 census, the commune had 515 inhabitants; of those, 96.7% were Romanians and 1.36% Hungarians.
“Cozma, Mureș” enters the record as commune in Mureș County, Romania. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Cozma, Mureș and commune can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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