Brâncovenești, Mureș

Commune in Mureș, Romania

Brâncovenești Marosvécs
Commune
Location in Mureș County
46°52′N 24°46′E / 46.867°N 24.767°E / 46.867; 24.767
Country	Romania
County	Mureș
Population (2021-12-01)^[1]	3,559
Time zone	EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Vehicle reg.	MS

Brâncovenești (formerly Ieciu and Delavrancea; Hungarian: Marosvécs, Hungarian pronunciation: [mɒroʃveːtʃ] or Vécs; German: Wetsch) is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania.

The commune is composed of five villages: Brâncovenești, Idicel (Idecspatak), Idicel-Pădure (Erdőidecs), Săcalu de Pădure (Erdőszakál) and Vălenii de Mureș (Disznajó).

Brâncovenești is the site of the Kemény Castle, which was the only castle in Transylvania to survive the Mongol Invasion of Hungary in 1241–42. At the time, it was referred to as Vécs, and it guarded the salt mines of Gömör.

The route of the Via Transilvanica long-distance trail passes through the villages of Săcalu de Pădure and Brâncovenești.^[2]

References

^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
^ "Highlands | Via Transilvanica". www.viatransilvanica.com. Retrieved 2023-08-10.