Eftimie Murgu
Location in Caraș-Severin County
Location in Caraș-Severin County
Eftimie Murgu is located in Romania
Eftimie Murgu
Eftimie Murgu
Location in Romania
Coordinates: 44°54′N 22°06′E / 44.900°N 22.100°E / 44.900; 22.100
CountryRomania
CountyCaraș-Severin
Government
  Mayor (20202024) Mihai Otiman[1] (PNL)
Area
99.02 km2 (38.23 sq mi)
Population
 (2021-12-01)[2]
1,296
  Density13/km2 (34/sq mi)
Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Vehicle reg.CS

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.

References

  1. "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  2. "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
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