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Miercurea Nirajului (Hungarian: Nyárádszereda, Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈɲaːraːdsɛrɛdɒ]) is a town in Mureş County, Romania. The town lies in the Szeklerland province of the historic region of Transylvania.
The following seven villages are administered by the town:
It formed part of the Székely Land region of the historical Transylvania province.
Its first written mention is from 1493 as Oppidum Zereda. István Bocskay was elected here for prince of Transylvania in 1604.
Until 1918, the town belonged to the Maros-Torda County of the Kingdom of Hungary. After the Treaty of Trianon of 1920, it became part of Romania.
The commune has a Székely Hungarian majority. According to the 2002 Census it has a population of 5,824 of which 83.98% or 4,891 are Hungarian.