Mirăslău is a commune located in Alba County

Alba County

Alba is a county of Romania, in Transylvania, its capital city being Alba-Iulia with a population of 66,406.- Demographics :In 2002, it had a population of 382,747 and the population density was 61/km².* Romanians - 90.4%* Hungarians - 5.4%...

, Romania

Romania

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. It has a population of 2334. The commune is composed of six villages: Cicău (Csákó), Decea (Marosdécse), Lopadea Veche (Oláhlapád), Mirăslău, Ormeniş (Marosörméyes) and Rachiş (Oláhrákos).

The commune is the site of a battle in 1600 between the Wallachia

Wallachia

Wallachia or Walachia is a historical and geographical region of Romania. It is situated north of the Danube and south of the Southern Carpathians...

n army led by Michael the Brave and the Hungarian noblemen supported by the Austrian general Giorgio Basta

Giorgio Basta

Giorgio Basta, Count of Huszt was an Italian general of Arbëreshë descent, employed by the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II to command Habsburg forces in the Long War of 1591-1606 and later to administer Transylvania as an Imperial vassal to restore Catholicism as a predominant religion in...

 (see Battle of Mirăslău

Battle of Miraslau

The Battle of Miriszló or Battle of Mirăslău took place on September 18, 1600 near Miriszló , Transylvania, between the Wallachian troops led by Michael the Brave supported by ethnic Hungarian Szeklers and the troops of Austrian general Giorgio Basta supported by the Hungarian nobility of...

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At the 2002 census, 71.4% of inhabitants were Romanians

Romanians

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, 26.9% Hungarians and 1.6% Roma. 66.4% were Romanian Orthodox, 25% Reformed

Reformed Church in Romania

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 and 4% Greek-Catholic

Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic

The Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic is an Eastern Catholic Church which is in full union with the Roman Catholic Church. It is ranked as a Major Archiepiscopal Church and uses the Byzantine liturgical rite in the Romanian language....

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