Cristești (Hungarian: Maroskeresztúr, Hungarian pronunciation: [mɒroʃkɛrstuːr]) is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania that is composed of two villages: The commune is located in the center of the department, on the left side of the Mureș river, on the Plateau of Transylvania (Podișul Transilvanei), 5 km south-west of Târgu Mureș, the capital of the county, of which it is a suburb.

Cristești is crossed by the national road DN15 (European Route 60) which connects Târgu Mureș with Turda and Cluj-Napoca.

The municipality of Cristești joined Romania in 1920, at the Treaty of Trianon, during the disintegration of Austria-Hungary.

After the Second Vienna Arbitration, it was again occupied by Hungary from 1940 to 1944, during which time the small Jewish community was exterminated by the Nazis.

The economy of the commune is mostly based on agriculture and trade and it is highly dependent on nearby Târgu Mureș.