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{{Infobox Romanian subdivision
|type               = commune
|county             = Mureș
|name               = Petelea
|image_flag         =
|image_shield       = ROU MS Petelea CoA.PNG
|image_skyline      = RO MS Petelea 1.jpg
|image_caption      = Church of the Ascension, Petelea
|image_location     = 
|image_map          = Petelea jud Mures.png
|map_caption        = Location in Mureș County
|leader_name        = Sorin Pompei Pădurean<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=16 June 2021 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|leader_term        = 2020&ndash;2024
|leader_party       = PNL
|coordinates = {{coord|46|44|N|24|43|E|region:RO|display=it}}
|elevation          = 
|elevation_min      = 
|elevation_max      = 511.7
|area_total         = 43.7
|population_total   = auto
|population_as_of   = 
|population_footnotes = 
|postal_code        = 547461
|area_code          = +(40) 265
|website            = {{URL|https://www.primariapetelea.ro/}}
}}
'''Petelea''' ({{langx|de|Birk}}; {{langx|hu|Petele}}, <small>Hungarian pronunciation:</small> {{convertIPA-hu|'|p|e|t|e|l|e}}) is a commune in [[Mureș County]], [[Transylvania]], [[Romania]] that is composed of two villages: Habic (''Hétbükk'', meaning "Seven Beech Trees" in Hungarian) and Petelea. It had a population of 3,088 as of 2021; of those, 71.83% were [[Romanians]] and 21.96% [[Romani people in Romania|Roma]].

The commune is located in the north-central part of the county, {{cvt|25|km}} northeast of [[Târgu Mureș]] and {{cvt|6|km}} south of [[Reghin]], on the [[Roads in Romania|national road]] {{ill|DN15|ro}} road. It is situated on the left bank of the river [[Mureș (river)|Mureș]] and it is traversed by two of its affluents: the [[Beica (Mureș)|Beica]] and the [[Habic]].

==Natives==
* [[Virgil Bercea]] (born 1957), Bishop of the Eparchy of Oradea Mare of the Greek Catholic Church since 1997

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

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Gallery
|File:Orthodox church petelea.jpg|Wooden church in Petelea
|File:RO MS Habic (14).jpg|Romanian Orthodox church in Habic
|File:RO MS Habic (25).jpg|View of Habic
}}

{{Mureș County}}

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