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{{Infobox Romanian subdivision
|type               = commune
|county             = Mureș
|official_name      = Chibed
|other_name         = Kibéd
|image_flag         =
|image_shield       = ROU MS Chibed CoA.jpg
|image_skyline      = Kibéd1.jpg
|image_caption      = 
|image_location     = 
|image_map          = Chibed jud Mures.png
|map_caption        = Location in Mureș County
|leader_name        = Sándor Dósa<ref>{{cite web |url=https://prezenta.roaep.ro/locale27092020/romania-pv-final |title=Results of the 2020 local elections |publisher=Central Electoral Bureau |access-date=11 June 2021 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|leader_party       = UDMR
|term               = 2020&ndash;2024
|coordinates        = {{coord|46|31|46|N|24|57|48|E|region:RO|display=inline,title}}
|elevation          = 384
|elevation_min      = 
|elevation_max      = 
|area_total         = 380
|area_footnotes     = 
|population_as_of   = 
|population_total   = auto
|population_footnotes = 
|postal_code        = 547268
|area_code          = +(40) 265
|website            = {{URL|https://kibed.ro/}}
}}

'''Chibed''' ({{langx|hu|Kibéd}}, <small>Hungarian pronunciation</small>: {{convertIPA-hu|k|i|b|é|d}}) is a [[Communes of Romania|commune]] in [[Mureș County]], [[Transylvania]], [[Romania]], composed of a single village, Chibed. It lies in the [[Székely Land]], an ethno-cultural region in eastern [[Transylvania]]. The village is famous for the onion produced in the village and sold in front of the houses along the main road.

== History ==
The village was historically part of the [[Székely Land]] in [[Transylvania]] and belonged to [[Marosszék]] in the Middle Ages. In the mid-1780s as part of the Josephine administrative reform, Marosszék was integrated into [[Küküllő County]], however, the szék-system was restored in 1790. After the suppression of the [[Hungarian Revolution of 1848|Hungarian Revolution]] in 1849, the village formed part of the Kibéd military sub-division of the Marosvásárhely division in the Udvarhely military district.<ref name="Tibor Elekes">{{cite web|author=Tibor Elekes|title= Marosvásárhely közigazgatási szerepe a XIV. századtól napjainkig|url=http://geography.hu/mfk2006/pdf/Elekes%20Tibor.pdf|language=hu}}</ref>{{rp|1, figure 3}} Between 1861 and 1876, the former Marosszék was restored.<ref name="Tibor Elekes"/>{{rp|2}}<ref>[http://konyvtar.ksh.hu/helysegnevtar/1873/ Gazetteer of Hungary, 1873] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081029214237/http://konyvtar.ksh.hu/helysegnevtar/1873/ |date=2008-10-29 }}</ref> As a result of the administrative reform in 1876, the village fell within [[Maros-Torda County]] in the [[Kingdom of Hungary]].<ref>[http://www.1000ev.hu/index.php?a=3&param=5746 Hungarian Administrative Reform Act 1876]</ref> 

In the immediate aftermath of [[World War I]], following the declaration of the [[Union of Transylvania with Romania]], the area passed under Romanian administration during the [[Hungarian–Romanian War]] of 1918–1919. By the terms of the [[Treaty of Trianon]] of 1920, Chibed became part of the [[Kingdom of Romania]]. During the [[interwar period]], the village fell within [[Plasă|Plasa]] [[Sângeorgiu de Pădure]] of [[Odorhei County]]. In 1940, the [[Second Vienna Award]] granted [[Northern Transylvania]] to Hungary and the territory was held by Hungary until October 1944, when it was taken back from Hungarian and [[Nazi Germany|German]] troops by Romanian and [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] forces, and came under Romanian administration in March 1945. 

In 1950, after [[Socialist Republic of Romania|Communist Romania]] was established, Chibed became part of the [[Odorheiu Secuiesc|Odorhei]] [[Raion]] of [[Stalin Region]]. Between 1952 and 1960, the commune fell within the [[Magyar Autonomous Region]], and between 1960 and 1968 the Mureș-Magyar Autonomous Region.<ref name="Tibor Elekes"/>{{rp|figure 4}} In 1968, the region was abolished,<ref name="James F. Brown">{{cite web|author=James F. Brown|title= The grooves of change: Eastern Europe at the turn of the millennium |publisher=Duke University Press|page=54|url={{Google books|C7hz1GQy9K4C|page=54| plainurl=yes}}}}</ref> and since then, the commune has been part of Mureș County, first as a component village of [[Ghindari]] and, since splitting away in 2003, as an independent commune.

==Demography==
{{Historical populations
|source = Census data
|1850|1873
|1880|2003
|1900|2579
|1910|2633
|1930|2558
|1956|2681
|1977|2046
|1992|1854
|2002|1785<ref name="kia.hu"/>
|2007|1721<ref name="insse.ro"/>
|2011|1765<ref>[http://www.mures.insse.ro/phpfiles/COMUNICAT_DATE_PROVIZORII_RPL_2011_judetul_MURES.pdf COMISIA JUDEȚEANĂ PENTRU RECENSĂMÂNTUL POPULAȚIEI ȘI AL LOCUINȚELOR]</ref>
|2021|1730<ref name="RPL2021"/>
}}
According to the [[2011 Romanian census|2011 census]], the commune has a population of 1,765 of which 1,693 or 95.92% were [[Székelys|Székely]] [[Hungarians in Romania|Hungarians]]. At the [[2021 Romanian census|2021 census]], Chibed has a population of 1,730, of those, 95.26% were Hungarians.<ref name="RPL2021">{{cite web|url=https://www.recensamantromania.ro/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Tabel-1.03_1.3.1-si-1.03.2.xls|title=Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021|publisher=[[National Institute of Statistics (Romania)|INSSE]]|language=ro|date=31 May 2023}}</ref>

In 1910, the village had {{formatnum:2633}} Hungarian inhabitants, which made up 100% of the population.<ref name="kia.hu">{{Cite web |url=http://www.kia.hu/konyvtar/erdely/erd2002/msetn02.pdf |title=Censuses in Mureș County, 1850 - 2002 |access-date=2010-08-15 |archive-date=2011-07-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716212800/http://www.kia.hu/konyvtar/erdely/erd2002/msetn02.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1930, the census indicated {{formatnum:2443}} Hungarians (95.50%), 108 [[Roma people of Romania|Gypsies]] (4.22%), and {{formatnum:6}} Romanians (0.23%). In 2002, beside {{formatnum:1780}} Hungarians (99.72%), the village also had {{formatnum:5}} Romanian (0.28%) inhabitants. At this time, {{formatnum:814}} households were registered along with {{formatnum:802}} residential buildings.<ref>[http://www.ghidulprimariilor.ro/business.php/PRIMARIA-CHIBED/73790 Miscellaneous information on the commune]</ref> In 2007, the village had 1,721 inhabitants.<ref name="insse.ro">[http://www.insse.ro/cms/rw/resource/populatia_stab_1%20iulie2007.htm National Institute of Statistics of Romania] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106011449/http://www.insse.ro/cms/rw/resource/populatia_stab_1%20iulie2007.htm |date=2010-01-06 }}</ref>

== Twinnings ==
The village is twinned with:

* {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Bakonyszombathely]], [[Hungary]]
* {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Szatymaz]], Hungary
* {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Zalalövő]], Hungary

== See also ==
* [[List of Hungarian exonyms (Mureș County)]]

== Gallery ==

<gallery>
File:Kibéd2.JPG|Bilingual signboard
File:Kibéd12.JPG|Main Road
File:Kibéd templom2.JPG|[[Reformed Church of Romania|Reformed]] church
File:Kibéd6.JPG| Heroes Memorial
</gallery>

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{{wide image|Kibéd DN13A panoráma.jpg|1500px|The valley of the [[Târnava Mică]] river at Chibed}}

== External links ==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120406181802/http://www.hhrf.org/folkc/terkep/map/marosmegye.jpg Map of Mures County] {{in lang|hu|ro}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Mureș County}}

[[Category:Communes in Mureș County]]
[[Category:Localities in Transylvania]]
[[Category:Székely communities]]