Panoramic view of Târgu Mureș (Tirgu Mures) with the Museum and the City Hall. Carpathian Transylvania Romania Eastern Europe EU

Târgu Mureș is the seat of Mureș County in the north-central part of Romania. As of 2011 the city had a population of 127, 849 inhabitants, being the 16th largest city in Romania. The current Romanian name of the city, Târgu Mureş, is the equivalent with the Hungarian Marosvásárhely with both meaning "market on the Mureș (Maros)" In Romanian, târg means "market" and, in Hungarian, vásárhely means "marketplace". The Hungarian Marosvásárhely is sometimes shortened to Vásárhely. The first written reference to the city was in the Latin Novum Forum Siculorum in 1332 followed by mention as Sekulvasarhel (modern Hungarian: Székelyvásárhely), meaning "new market of the Székelys", in 1349. Other Latin names for the town included Agropolis and Areopolis. Other historical Romanian names for the town besides Oșorhei were Mureș-Oșorhei and Tîrgu Mureşului; other historical Hungarian names in addition to Székelyvásárhely included Újszékelyvásár and Újvásár. After World War I, Marosvásárhely became part of Romania and was renamed Oșorheiu. The name Târgu Mureș became common in the interwar period. After, World War II, the spelling of the city's name was changed to Tîrgu Mureș following a 1953 spelling reform that replaced the letter â with î in all words. Another spelling reform in 1993 replaced the letter î with â in many words and the city has been officially spelt "Târgu-Mureș"