Copand

Copand
Bussendorf
Maroskoppánd

Basic data

State :

Romania

Historical region :

Transylvania

Circle :

Alba

Municipality :

Noșlac

Coordinates :

46 ° 25 ' N , 23 ° 59' E Coordinates: 46 ° 25 '8 " N , 23 ° 58' 43" E

Time zone :

EET ( UTC +2)

Height :

273 m

Residents :

197 (2002)

Postal code :

517517

Telephone code :

(+40) 02 58

License plate :

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Structure and administration

Community type :

Village

Copand (formerly Copandul de Mureș ; Hungarian Maroskoppánd , German Bussendorf ) is a Romanian village in the Alba district in Transylvania . It is part of the Noșlac municipality ( Großhaus ).

The place is also known by the Hungarian names Magyarkoppánd and Koppánd .

Geographical location

Copand under Maros Kopánd in the Josephine Land Survey from 1767 to 1773

Copand is located in the southwest of the Transylvanian Basin on the left side of the river Mureș ( Mieresch ). In the northeast of the Alba district, on the district road ( drum județean ) DJ 107G, the place is 7 kilometers northeast of the community center. The nearest small town Ocna Mureș ( Miereschhall ) is located eleven kilometers southwest of Copand. The nearest train station is in Gura Arieşului on the Alba Iulia – Târgu Mureş line , about 3 kilometers as the crow flies on the opposite bank of the Mureş.

history

Copand was first mentioned in a document around 1260. In the 17th century the place was a Hungarian serf village of the noble Kemény family ; in the 18th century of the noble Bánffy family .

population

The highest number of inhabitants in Copand (417) and also that of the Magyars (217) was determined in 1900, that of the Romanians (231) in 1850. Furthermore, in 1850, nine residents identified themselves as Roma , in 1880 and 1900 one each as Romanian Germans . Of the 197 inhabitants of the place in 2002, 114 describe themselves as Romanians and 83 as Hungarians.

Attractions

The wooden church Sfinții Arhangheli Mihail și Gavriil , erected again here in Copand in 1856, is a listed building.
The Reformed Church, built in the 17th century