Corbu ( hu, Gyergyóholló, Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a commune in

Harghita County Harghita (, hu, Hargita megye, ) is a county (județ) in the center of Romania, in eastern Transylvania, with the county seat at Miercurea Ciuc. Demographics 2002 census In 2002, Harghita County had a population of 326,222 and a populatio ...

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. The commune is composed of two villages, Capu Corbului (''Hollósarka'') and Corbu. The commune is located in the northern part of the county, on the border with

Neamț County Neamț County () is a county (județ) of Romania, in the historic region of Moldavia, with the county seat at Piatra Neamț. The county takes its name from the Neamț River. Demographics Population In 2011, it had a population of 470,766 ...

. Corbu lies at an altitude of about , nestled between the

Bistrița Mountains The Bistrița Mountains ( ro, Munții Bistriței; hu, Besztercei-havasok) are mountain ranges in northern central Romania. Geologically these ranges are considered part of the Inner Eastern Carpathians group of the Eastern Carpathians. Within ...

and the . The Bistricioara River and its right tributaries,

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and Corbu, flow through the commune. The nearest town is

Borsec Borsec ( hu, Borszék, ) is a town in Harghita County, Transylvania, Romania. The town and the surrounding areas are well known for their thermal bath, spas and mineral waters. It has a population of 2,585, with a majority of ethnic Hungarians (mo ...

, to the west; the county seat,

Miercurea Ciuc Miercurea Ciuc (; hu, Csíkszereda, ; german: Szeklerburg) is the county seat of Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, a mainly Hungarian-speaking ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania, and is situated in the Olt Ri ...

, is to the south. Corbu is crossed by

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, which links Transylvania to

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. At the 2011 census, the commune had a population of 1,520; out of them, 84% were

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, 9% were Hungarian, and 5% were

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.Tab8. Populaţia stabilă după etnie – judeţe, municipii, oraşe, comune
2011 census results,

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, accessed 20 February 2020.

References

Communes in Harghita County Localities in Transylvania {{Harghita-geo-stub