Proposals regarding the status of several settlements of Mureş County

Abstract

In Mureş County, there was a high number of changes concerning the settlement network since the enforcement of Law 351/2001. Four communes became towns, five other communes were created and five villages were re-established. Although the Law 100/2007 practically ended the creation of new towns, the setting up of new communes is still possible and a list of 18 potentially new communes is presented. More changes are possible at the level of villages. Other five villages may be re-established, while 46 villages with less than 50 inhabitants are proposed to be merged with the nearest viable village. Five villages belonging to cities are proposed to be merged with the respective cities. Eight villages need urgent measures for their revitalization, as well as the communes listed for this purpose in the Law 351/2001. All these proposals are included in the updated Plan for the Arrangement of Mureş County Territory (PATJ Mureş), sanctioned by Mureş County Council in 2009.