Ungheni is situated on the middle stream of the Mures River, where the Niraj River runs into the Mures River, 11 km away from Târgu Mures, on the international European road E 60, Târgu Mures - Cluj Napoca.
The town is located in the Mures meadow, between the Madaras Pod - Târnave hills and Niraj hills, as well as in the lower part of the Niraj valley. It has a railway station on the route Târgu Mures - Razboieni and it is an important traffic crossing point: towards Cluj-Napoca, towards Bucuresti through Acatari, towards Târnaveni through Cerghid, towards Târgu Mures. Documentary evidence dates from 1264 under the name of Naradtew. The including villages were attested as follows: Cerghid - 1438; Cerghizel - 1438; Moresti - 1567; Sausa - 1414; Vidrasau - 1383. In 1601 general Basta's troops set the place on fire, causing the death of a large number of inhabitants. The devastating attack on Ungheni continued in 1848 from the Austrian army. Despite these facts, in time, the place was repopulated and managed to recover from the disasters.
     In the Moresti village, on the Podei plateau, vestiges of human settlements that had their origin in the Paleolithic Age, up to the early Feudalism, were discovered (1951-1955). Silexes, Neolithic ceramic from the Cris and Cotofeni culture were also discovered here. A necropolis dating from the Bronze Age, a Dacian settlement of the Latene type and an incineration Daco-Roman necropolis were also identified here.
     In the 9th-10th century there was an important citadel in Moresti, one of the residences of Voivode Gelu. In the Cerghizel village there is the "Sfintii Arhangheli Mihail si Gavril" wooden Church dating from the 18th century. During World War II, Ungheni was the stage of several battles carried out for the liberation of the northern part of Transylvania.
     Târgu-Mures's airport is located in Vidrasau. In Recea, near the airport, the "Maica Domnului" Orthodox Monastery was built after 1990, becoming a praying place for thousands of Christian all over the country.
     In the latest years Ungheni has distinguished itself thanks to the quality Neumarkt beer it produces, holding an important place in the national market. On the 18th of April, 2004, Ungheni was declared town, its citizens hoping for a better future once with the opening of the Vidrasau industrial park, with the development of the airport and with the accumulation of further investments.