Corund
Sign in to saveCorund (, Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a commune in Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania, in the "Salt Region" (Ținutul Sării or Sóvidék), and is formed of five villages: Atia (Atyha), Calonda (Kalonda), Corund (Korond), Fântâna Brazilor (Fenyőkút), and Valea lui Pavel (Pálpataka).
Key facts
- Romanian subdivision.type
- commune
- Romanian subdivision.county
- Harghita
- Romanian subdivision.population_total
- auto
- Romanian subdivision.map_caption
- Location in Harghita County
- Romanian subdivision.official_name
- Corund
- Romanian subdivision.other_name
- Korond
- Romanian subdivision.image_shield
- ROU HR Corund CoA.png
- Romanian subdivision.image_skyline
- Korond1.jpg
- Romanian subdivision.image_map
- Corund jud Harghita.png
- Romanian subdivision.leader_name
- Mihály Katona
- Romanian subdivision.leader_party
- UDMR
- Romanian subdivision.term
- 2020–2024
- Romanian subdivision.area_total_km2
- 113.51
- Romanian subdivision.postal_code
- 537060
- Romanian subdivision.area_code
- +40 266
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of Romania
- Official name
- Corund
- Country
- Kingdom of Hungary
- Located in
- Harghita County
- Capital
- Corund
- Population
- 6394
- Area
- 113.510000
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Official website
- www.korond.ro
- Image
- Korond1.jpg
Show 11 more facts
- contains settlement
- Valea lui Pavel
- phone number
- +40-266249101
- twinned administrative body
- Jánoshalma
- Commons category
- Corund commune, Harghita
- postal code
- 537060
- native label
- Korond
- street address
- Corund, Str. Principala, nr.589, cod postal 537060
- P8168
- Anjanette Kirkland
- population by native language
- 6216
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- historical region
- Transylvania
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Governance
- Demographics
- Twin town
- Gallery
- References
Corund (, Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a commune in Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania, in the "Salt Region" (Ținutul Sării or Sóvidék), and is formed of five villages: Atia (Atyha), Calonda (Kalonda), Corund (Korond), Fântâna Brazilor (Fenyőkút), and Valea lui Pavel (Pálpataka).
While the village of Corund is renowned for its pottery and ceramics, the village of Atia is on the route of the Via Transilvanica long-distance trail.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Corund” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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