Luna (Cluj)

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Luna
Lone
Aranyoslóna
Luna (Cluj) does not have a coat of arms
Luna (Cluj) (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Transylvania
Circle : Cluj
Coordinates : 46 ° 30 '  N , 23 ° 55'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 30 '13 "  N , 23 ° 55' 10"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 300  m
Area : 53.28  km²
Residents : 4,268 (October 20, 2011)
Population density : 80 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 407360
Telephone code : (+40) 02 64
License plate : CJ
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : local community
Structure : Luna, Gligoreşti , Luncani
Mayor : Aurel Giurgiu ( PSD )
Postal address : Str. Principală, no. 192
loc. Luna, jud. Cluj, RO-407360
Website :

Luna (outdated Luna de Arieş , Luna Arieşana ; German  Lone , Hungarian Aranyoslóna or Gerendlóna ) is a municipality in the Cluj district in Transylvania , Romania .

location

Luna is located in the extreme southeast of the Cluj County, on the right bank of the Arieș River , just before its confluence with the Mureș . The district capital of Cluj-Napoca is located about 40 km (as the crow flies) northwest of Luna.

history

The place was first mentioned in 1270 under the name Lona . At that time it belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary . Documents from the 16th century already speak of a predominantly Romanian population. In 1651 the place was largely destroyed by fire during riots. Luna then went through a severe crisis for several decades; The plague raged in 1710 , and Tartars invaded in 1717 . In 1784 serf peasants from Luna took part in the uprising under Horea .

In September 1848, Romanian farmers from eight villages gathered in Luna to protest against being drafted into the Hungarian Revolutionary Army. On September 12th, she carried out a massacre among the peasants that killed 30 people. Since the end of the First World War, Luna, like all of Transylvania, has belonged to Romania.

population

Around 1720, 36 families lived in the village of Luna - excluding the villages that are incorporated today - which is likely to correspond to around 200 inhabitants. In 1750, 777 people lived in the village. At the 2002 census there were 4450 people in the entire municipality, of which 3835 Romanians, 456 Hungarians , 155 Roma and 2 Germans .

Attractions

  • Reformed church (13th century) in the incorporated village of Luncani (Neusatz)
  • Romanian Orthodox Church Sf. Arhangheli Mihail și Gavriil (15th century) in Luncani
  • Castle of the aristocratic Kemény family (18th century) in Luncani

Web links

Commons : Luna  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania at citypopulation.de
  2. ^ Dictionary of localities from Transylvania
  3. ↑ a b Website of the municipality, accessed on February 13, 2011
  4. ↑ kia.hu, accessed on February 13, 2011 (PDF file; 1.00 MB)