| County | Mureș |
|---|---|
| Leader name | Emil Bendriș |
| Leader party | PSD |
| Leader term | 2024–2028 |
| Coordinates | 46°58′N 24°46′E |
| Elevation | 648 |
| Area total | 168.80 |
| Postal code | 547630 |
| Area code | (+40) 02 65 |
| Website | vatava.ro |
Vătava (German: Oberrübendorf; Hungarian: Felsőrépa, Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania composed of three villages: Dumbrava (Marosliget), Râpa de Jos (Alsórépa), and Vătava.
Demographics
At the 2011 census, the commune had a population of 1,987: 91% Romanians, 6.8% Roma, and 0.2% Hungarians.[1] At the 2021 census, the population had decreased to 1,709; of those, 87.5% were Romanians and 7.1% Roma.[2]
International relations
Until 2009, Vătava was twinned with Laval, France.[3]
References
- ^ Tab8. Populația stabilă după etnie – județe, municipii, orașe, comune, 2011 census results, Institutul Național de Statistică, accessed 3 March 2020.
- ^ "Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (in Romanian). INSSE. 31 May 2023.
- ^ "La fin du jumelage Laval-Vatava" (in French). Ouest-France. 2009-02-14.