Corunca
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Corunca is a commune in Mureş County
Mures County
Mureș is a county of Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania, with the administrative centre in Târgu Mureș.-Geography:The county has a total area of 6,714 km²....

, Romania
Romania
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. It lies in the Székely Land
Székely Land
The Székely Land or Szekler Land refers to the territories inhabited mainly by the Székely, a Hungarian-speaking ethnic group from eastern Transylvania...

, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania
Transylvania
Transylvania is a historical region in the central part of Romania. Bounded on the east and south by the Carpathian mountain range, historical Transylvania extended in the west to the Apuseni Mountains; however, the term sometimes encompasses not only Transylvania proper, but also the historical...

.

Component villages

Corunca became an independent commune when the component villages split from Livezeni
Livezeni
Livezeni is a commune in Mureş County, Romania composed of four villages:*Ivăneşti / Kebeleszentiván*Livezeni*Poieniţa / Marosagárd*Sânişor / Kebele...

 in 2004. The commune is composed of two villages:
In Romanian
Romanian language
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In Hungarian
Hungarian language
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Bozeni Székelybós
Corunca Koronka

History

The area where the commune lies was inhabited even in ancient times. On the outskirts of the villages, remains were found from prehistoric and Roman times. The name of the present-day commune was first recorded in 1332 as Korunka. In the vicinity, there used to be two other villages, Sárvári was destroyed in the 16th century while Kisernye was devastated in 1661 by Ottoman Turkish troops .

The village was historically part of the Székely Land
Székely Land
The Székely Land or Szekler Land refers to the territories inhabited mainly by the Székely, a Hungarian-speaking ethnic group from eastern Transylvania...

 in Transylvania
Transylvania
Transylvania is a historical region in the central part of Romania. Bounded on the east and south by the Carpathian mountain range, historical Transylvania extended in the west to the Apuseni Mountains; however, the term sometimes encompasses not only Transylvania proper, but also the historical...

 and belonged to Marosszék in the Middle Ages. In the mid-1780s as part of the Josephine administrative reform, Marosszék was integrated into Küküllő county, however, the szék-system was restored in 1790. After the suppression of the Hungarian Revolution
Hungarian Revolution of 1848
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 in 1849, the village formed part of the Székelykál military sub-division of the Marosvásárhely division in the Udvarhely military district. Between 1861–1876, the former Marosszék was restored. As a result of the administrative reform in 1876, the village fell within Maros-Torda County in the Kingdom of Hungary
Kingdom of Hungary
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. After the Treaty of Trianon
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 of 1920, it became part of Romania
Romania
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 and fell within Mureş-Turda County during the interwar period. In 1940, the second Vienna Award
Second Vienna Award
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 granted the Northern Transylvania
Northern Transylvania
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 to Hungary and the villages forming part again of Maros-Torda County were held by Hungary until 1944. After Soviet occupation, the Romanian administration returned and the village became officially part of Romania in 1947. Between 1952 and 1960, the commune fell within the Magyar Autonomous Region, between 1960 and 1968 the Mureş-Magyar Autonomous Region forming a commune like in present-day. In 1968, the province was abolished, and since then, the area fell in Mureş County while the villages were comprised by Livezeni
Livezeni
Livezeni is a commune in Mureş County, Romania composed of four villages:*Ivăneşti / Kebeleszentiván*Livezeni*Poieniţa / Marosagárd*Sânişor / Kebele...

 wherefrom they split in 2004 to form an independent commune.

Demographics

In 1910, the two current component villages were inhabited by Hungarians (82,87%), Romanians (8,86%) and 91 Gypsies (7,83%). In 1930, the census indicated Hungarians (85,75%), Romanians (12,70%) and 17 Gypsies (1,32%). In 2002, beside Hungarian residents (89%), Romanians (8,15%) and 34 Gypsies (1,95%) also lived in the commune.

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