Type: | commune |
County: | Mureș |
Pogăceaua | |
Leader Name: | Florin-Cristian Ștefan |
Leader Party: | PSD |
Leader Term: | 2020 - 2024 |
Coordinates: | 46.6833°N 42°W |
Elevation: | 355 |
Area Total: | 37.97 |
Population Total: | auto |
Postal Code: | 547465 |
Area Code: | (+40) 02 65 |
Pogăceaua (Hungarian: Mezőpagocsa NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet)) is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania composed of ten villages: Bologaia (Balogéja), Ciulea (Csulja), Deleni (Ökröstó), Fântâna Babii, Pârâu Crucii, Pogăceaua, Scurta, Sicele, Valea Sânpetrului, and Văleni.
The commune lies in the Transylvanian Plain, on the banks of the river Șes and its left tributary, Bologa. It is located in the western part of the county, northwest of the county seat, Târgu Mureș.
As of the 2011 census, Pogăceaua had a population of 2,117: 82.2% Romanians, 15.1% Roma, and 1.3% Hungarians.