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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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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