History: Vărădia de Mureş
Vărădia commune has its origin thousands of years ago, in these places being, in the 2nd century B.C., a hallstatian settlement. Afterwards, at the beginning of our era (A.D.) there was a Dacian fortification which had tight relations with The Roman Empire from the South of Mureş river.
For the first time the town is mentioned in a documentary of the year 1369 under the title "Varadia. A century later, in 1479, is listed as a medieval fortress and the end of sec. XV, Varadia becomes fair, which shows that the settlement reached a higher level of development of the surrounding villages. After conquering the Austrian, Varadia guards and becomes the center of district headquarters, composed in 9 villages.
By 1552, the first year of the Turkish occupation, the village's history is intertwined with the fortress-castle, which is involved in most regional events. The castle has many owners, and by the end of the fifteenth century, Vărădia is fair, demonstrating a certain level of development and attractiveness. For that period, the settlement is plausible to have been organized along the transit route from the valley, facing the church was discovered in archaeological and relationship with the castle, located in the same area (maybe closer to the valley), but precisely nonlocalized. Also, the north inhabited areas emerged spontaneously, of a kind that still remain in the area.
Varadia commune saw both progress and involutions for years in terms of its population, variation due to historical events in which he was involved and which have even led to its disappearance for a while. Thus, in the 18th century, families inhabited the village were decimal, only age at the end felt a return of the population.
In the last century, the settlement known the rules imposed by the communist regime, applicable at national level.