Strunga () 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 cou ...

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. It is situated 55 km from

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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

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, 43.8%

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and 0.6%

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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 Ion N. Manolescu-Strunga (12 May 1889 in Strunga, Iași County, Romania – 19 April 1951 in Sighetu Marmației, Romania) was a Romanian liberal politician. He studied economics in Vienna and afterwards obtained his doctor's degree at the Univers ...

* Iacob Zadik

References

{{Iaşi County Communes in Iași County Localities in Western Moldavia