or Szekerly-Vasarhely, a free town of Transylvania, capital of a county of the same name, is situated near the Maros, 53 miles N.N.E. of Hermannstadt. The town is fortified, and occupies several small hills; the streets are wide, and the houses small, but for the most part well built. It is chiefly remarkable for its large and excellent public library of 80,000 volumes, which includes many fine editions of the ancient classics, and is kept in a handsome building. There are also here five churches, two convents, a Roman Catholic gymnasium and seminary, and a Protestant college. Maros-Vasarhely is also the seat of the Royal Table, the highest legal tribunal in Transylvania; and is in consequence a place of resort of large numbers of students and practitioners of law. In the neighbourhood is a garrisoned castle. Much tobacco is grown in the vicinity, in which the town carries on a considerable trade. Pop. 10,000.