Gheorghe Doja (, Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a commune in

Mureș County Mureș County (, , ) is a county (''județ'') of Romania, in the Historical regions of Romania, historical region of Transylvania, with the administrative centre in Târgu Mureș. The county was established in 1968, after the administrative reor ...

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composed of five villages: Gheorghe Doja, Ilieni (''Lukailencfalva''), Leordeni (''Lőrincfalva''), Satu Nou (''Teremiújfalu''), and Tirimia (''Nagyteremi'').

History

The locality was mentioned for the first time in 1409 as Lucafalva. During its history, there were several military raids carried out against the village which also sustained a lot from flooding. In the immediate aftermath of

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, following the declaration of the

Union of Transylvania with Romania The union of Transylvania with Romania was declared on by the assembly of the delegates of ethnic Romanians held in Alba Iulia. The Great Union Day (also called ''Unification Day''), celebrated on 1 December, is a Public holidays in Romani ...

, the area passed under Romanian administration during the

Hungarian–Romanian War The Hungarian–Romanian War (; ) was fought between Hungary and Kingdom of Romania, Romania from 13 November 1918 to 3 August 1919. The conflict had a complex background, with often contradictory motivations for the parties involved. After the ...

of 1918–1919. By the terms of the

Treaty of Trianon The Treaty of Trianon (; ; ; ), often referred to in Hungary as the Peace Dictate of Trianon or Dictate of Trianon, was prepared at the Paris Peace Conference (1919–1920), Paris Peace Conference. It was signed on the one side by Hungary ...

of 1920, the village became part of the

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, under the name ''Luca''. During the

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, it belonged to Plasa Mureș de Jos of Mureș County. In August 1940, the

Second Vienna Award The Second Vienna Award was the second of two territorial disputes that were arbitrated by Nazi Germany and the Kingdom of Italy. On 30 August 1940, they assigned the territory of Northern Transylvania, including all of Maramureș and part of Cri ...

granted

Northern Transylvania Northern Transylvania (, ) was the region of the Kingdom of Romania that during World War II, as a consequence of the August 1940 territorial agreement known as the Second Vienna Award, became part of the Kingdom of Hungary (1920-1946), Kingdom ...

to Hungary and the territory was held by Hungary until October 1944, when it was taken back from Hungarian and German troops by Romanian and

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forces. Administered by the Soviet authorities after November 1944, the village, together with the rest of Northern Transylvania, came under Romanian administration in March 1945. In 1952, it was named after György Dózsa, who led a peasants' revolt against landed nobility at the beginning of the 16th century. Between 1952 and 1960, the commune fell within the Magyar Autonomous Region, between 1960 and 1968 the Mureș-Magyar Autonomous Region, and since then, it has been part of Mureș County.

Demographics

The commune has an absolute Hungarian majority. In 1910, it had a population of 713 Hungarians. According to the 2011 census, Gheorghe Doja has a population of 2,982, of which 72.74% were Hungarians, 20.69%

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, and 5% Roma. At the 2021 census, the population had increased to 3,101; of those, 70.85% were Hungarians, 19.93% Romanians, and 3.35% Roma.

References

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History

Demographics

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