Strunga ( hu, Sztrunga) is a commune in
Iași County
Iași County () is a county (județ) of Romania, in Western Moldavia, with the administrative seat at Iași. It is the most populous county in Romania, after the Municipality of Bucharest (which has the same administrative level as that of a c ...
,
Western Moldavia
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,
Romania
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. It is situated 55 km from
Iași city. It is composed of eight villages: Brătulești, Crivești, Cucova, Fărcășeni, Fedeleșeni, Gura Văii, Hăbășești and Strunga.
At the 2002 census, 100% of inhabitants were
ethnic Romanians. 55.3% were
Romanian Orthodox
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, 43.8%
Roman Catholic
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*'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a let ...
and 0.6%
Seventh-day Adventist
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.
Today Strunga is a resort of local interest. Its mineral waters can be used in the treatment of many diseases.
Natives
*
Ion Manolescu-Strunga
*
Iacob Zadik
References
{{Iaşi County
Communes in Iași County
Localities in Western Moldavia