Vătava is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania composed of three villages: Dumbrava, Râpa de Jos, and Vătava. At the 2011 c…Vătava is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania composed of three villages: Dumbrava, Râpa de Jos, and Vătava. At the 2011 census, the commune had a population of 1,987: 91% Romanians, 6.8% Roma, and 0.2% Hungarians. At the 2021 census, the population had decreased to 1,709; of those, 87.5% were Romanians and 7.1% Roma.