Eftimie Murgu, Caraș-Severin Explained

Type:commune
County:Caraș-Severin
Population Total:auto
Eftimie Murgu
Leader Name:Mihai Otiman[1]
Leader Party:PNL
Term:2020 - 2024
Area Total:99.02
Coordinates:44.9°N 28°W

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Results of the 2020 local elections . Central Electoral Bureau . 8 June 2021 . dmy-all.