Corundum (Harghita)

Corund
Korond

Basic data

State :

Romania

Historical region :

Transylvania

Circle :

Harghita

Coordinates :

46 ° 28 ' N , 25 ° 11' E Coordinates: 46 ° 28 '21 " N , 25 ° 10' 59" E

Time zone :

EET ( UTC +2)

Height :

592 m

Area :

113.51 km²

Residents :

6,135 (October 20, 2011)

Population density :

54 inhabitants per km²

Postal code :

537060

Telephone code :

(+40) 02 66

License plate :

MR

Structure and administration (as of 2016)

Community type :

local community

Structure :

Corund, Atia , Calonda , Fântâna Brazilor , Valea lui Pavel

Mayor :

Mihály Katona ( UDMR )

Postal address :

Str. Principală, no. 589
loc. Corund, jud. Harghita, RO-537060

Website :

www.primariacorund.ro/home

Corund (outdated Corond ; Hungarian Korond ) is a municipality in Harghita County , in the Transylvania region in Romania .

Geographical location

Location of Corund Parish in Harghita County

The municipality of Corund is located in the east of northern Transylvania , south of the Gurghiu Mountains , a part of the Eastern Carpathian Mountains , in the historical region of Szeklerland . In the west of the Harghita district in the valley of the Corund brook , a left tributary of the Târnava Mică (Little Kokel) and on Drum național 13A , the place Corund is 17 kilometers southeast of the spa town of Sovata in Mureș district and about 75 kilometers west of the district capital Miercurea Ciuc ( Szeklerburg) away.

history

The village of Corund, mainly inhabited by Szeklern people, was first mentioned in a document in 1333.

In the area of Corund a protective wall on the summit of the hill Cetatea din Valea cea Mare or also Cetatea Smochinului (Hungarian Nagyvölgyvára , Fugtvára ) and at Cetatea lui Tartód (Hungarian Tartódvára ) a castle is mentioned; both are assigned to the Middle Ages . According to the Directory of Historical Monuments of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (Ministerul Culturii și Patrimoniului Național) , several archaeological finds in the area are also assigned to different ages.

At the time of the Kingdom of Hungary Corund belonged to the Udvarhely chair district in the Udvarhely County ( Romanian Comitatul Odorhei ), then to the historical Odorhei district and from 1950 to the present Harghita district.

Corund is known for its mineral water springs, as a health resort with several pottery and as one of the richest Szekler settlements in the region. One of the most famous potters in Corund is Lajos István.

population

The population of the municipality of Corund developed as follows:

census		Ethnic composition
year	population	Romanians	Hungary	German	other
1850	3,729	1	3,623	-	105
1920	5,234	3	5,210	-	24
1992	6,340	15th	5,876	-	449
2002	6,180	23	5,896	1	260
2011	6.135	21st	5,760	-	354

Since 1850, the highest number of inhabitants in the area of the municipality of Corund was determined in 1992. The highest number of Magyars (5,976) was registered in 1941, that of Roma (449) in 1992, that of Romanians (110) in 1977 and that of the German-speaking population (9) in 1880.

Attractions

In Corund, the Unitarian church built around the 16th century and renovated in the 18th century, is a listed building.
The village museum and its wooden gate, built in the 19th century, are also under monument protection.
In Corund there is a Catholic church , which according to various statements was built around 1770, or in place of an older one (1553) was demolished in 1910 and rebuilt.
The Catholic Church in the incorporated village of Atia (Hungarian Atyha ) was built in 1867.
The Catholic Church was built in 1994 in the incorporated village of Valea lui Pavel (Pálpataka) .
On the area of the community center there is a medieval castle called Cetatea Firtoș or Cetatea lui Tartód and a chapel. According to the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, the castle was built in the 15th century and the chapel in the 13th century. Another source assigns the castle to the 12th century and a tower to the 13th century.