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{{Infobox Romanian subdivision
|type               = commune
|county             = Mureș
|official_name      = Ernei
|other_name         = Nagyernye
|image_flag         =
|image_shield       = ROU MS Ernei CoA.PNG
|image_skyline      = RO MS Biserica unitariana din Caluseri (3).jpg
|image_caption      = Unitarian church in Călușeri
|image_location     = 
|image_map          = Ernei jud Mures.png
|map_caption        = Location in Mureș County
|leader_name        = Ferenc Jánosi<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|36|N|24|39|E|region:RO|display=inline,title}}
|elevation          = 334
|elevation_min      = 
|elevation_max      = 
|area_total         = 67.78
|population_as_of   = 
|population_total   = auto
|population_footnotes = 
|postal_code        = 547215
|area_code          = +40 x59
|website            = {{url|http://primariaernei.ro}}
}}

'''Ernei''' ({{langx|hu|Nagyernye}} {{IPA|hu|ˈnɒɟɛrɲɛ|}}) is a commune in [[Mureș County]], [[Transylvania]], [[Romania]], composed of six villages: Călușeri (''Székelykál''), Dumbrăvioara (''Sáromberke''), Ernei, Icland (''Ikland''), Săcăreni (''Székes''), and Sângeru de Pădure (''Erdőszengyel'').

==Geography==
The commune is situated on the [[Transylvanian Plateau]], on the left bank of the [[Mureș (river)|Mureș River]]. It is located in the central part of the county, {{cvt|11|km}} northeast of the county seat, [[Târgu Mureș]], and forms part of the [[Târgu Mureș metropolitan area]]. Ernei is traversed by [[Roads in Romania|national road]] {{ill|DN15|ro}}, which connects Transylvania to [[Western Moldavia]]; the city of [[Reghin]] is {{cvt|22|km}} to the north.

==History==
[[File:Mycenaean sword and Wietenberg culture axes at National Museum of Transylvanian History 2007.jpg|thumb|left|On the left, [[Mycenaean Greece|Mycenaean]] (3800–1200 BC) bronze sword found at Dumbrăvioara. In display at the [[National Museum of Transylvanian History]], [[Cluj-Napoca]]]]

Ernei formed part of the [[Székely Land]] region of the historical [[Transylvania]] province. Until 1876, it fell within [[Marosszék]], thereafter until 1918, the village belonged to the [[Maros-Torda County]] of the [[Kingdom of Hungary]]. After the [[Hungarian–Romanian War]] of 1918–19 and the [[Treaty of Trianon]] of 1920, it became part of the [[Kingdom of Romania]]. As a result of the [[Second Vienna Award]], it belonged to Hungary again between 1940 and 1944. After World War II, it returned to Romanian administration. Between 1952 and 1960, it constituted part of the [[Magyar Autonomous Region]], then, of the Mureș-Magyar Autonomous Region until it was abolished in 1968. Since then, the commune is part of Mureș County.

==Demographics==
The commune has an absolute [[Székelys|Székely]] [[Hungarian people|Hungarian]] majority. According to the 2011 [[census]], it has a population of 5,835, of which 73.42% were Hungarian, 16.33% [[Romani people in Romania|Roma]], and 7.75% Romanian. It reached its maximum population in 1966 with 6,014 people.

==Broadcasting transmitter==
South of Ernei at 46°35'35"N 24°38'0"E, there is a mediumwave transmitter working on 1323 kHz with a power of 15 kW. This transmitter occasionally broadcasts sometimes in German language.

==Natives==
*[[Elek Köblös]]

==See also==
* [[Prehistory of Transylvania]]
* [[Wietenberg culture]]
* [[Mycenae]]
* [[List of Hungarian exonyms (Mureș County)]]

== Notes ==
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== External links ==
{{Commons category|Ernei commune, Mureș}}
* [http://ernyeireformatus.net/ Nagyernye Reformed Church Congregation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920223612/http://ernyeireformatus.net/ |date=2017-09-20 }} {{in lang|hu}}

{{Gallery
|File:RO MS Castelul Teleki din Dumbravioara (19).jpg|Teleki castle in Dumbrăvioara
|File:RO MS Schitul Sfintii Arhangheli din Dumbravioara (3).jpg|Archangels' hermitage in Dumbrăvioara
|RO MS Biserica ortodoxa din Ernei (1).jpg|Orthodox church in Ernei
|File:RO MS Sangeru de Padure (4).jpg|Church in Sângeru de Pădure
}}

{{Mureș County}}

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