Leordina

Leordina
Commune
Leordina
Location in Maramureș County
Leordina Location in Romania
Coordinates: 47°47′13″N 24°14′49″E
Country	Romania
County	Maramureș
Government
• Mayor (2020–2024)	Ioan Nistor[1] (USR)
Area	29.94 km^2 (11.56 sq mi)
Elevation	420 m (1,380 ft)
Population  (2021-12-01)[2]	2,307
• Density	77/km^2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Postal code	437180
Area code	(+40) 02 62
Vehicle reg.	MM
Website	primaria-leordina.ro

Leordina (Yiddish: לרדינה, romanized: Lerdine) is a commune in Maramureș County, Maramureș, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Leordina.

History and etymology

First documentary attestation: 1411 (Lewrgyna, Leorgina, Leurgyna, Leorgyna).^[3]

Etymology of the name of the locality: from anthrop. Leorda (< subst. leordă, var. of leurdă 'wild garlic', autochthonous word, cf. wh. hudhër, hudër 'garlic') + suff. -in + suf. top. -a.^[4]

Geography

The commune is located in the northeastern part of Maramureș County, 38 km (24 mi) southeast of the city of Sighetu Marmației and 80 km (50 mi) northeast of the county seat, Baia Mare. The neighbouring localities are Petrova and Vișeu de Jos. It is situated at an altitude of 420 m (1,380 ft), in the western foothills of the Maramureș Mountains [ro], on the banks of the river Vișeu.

Leordina is crossed by national road DN18 [ro; de] for about 4.5 km (2.8 mi); the road starts in Baia Mare, runs through Sighetu Marmației and Borșa, 40 km (25 mi) to the southeast, and ends in Iacobeni, Suceava. The Leordina train station serves the CFR Line 409, which starts in Salva, Bistrița-Năsăud, continues to Vișeu de Jos, and ends in Sighetu Marmației.

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1880	1,138	—
1900	1,451	+27.5%
1910	1,669	+15.0%
1930	2,197	+31.6%
1956	2,870	+30.6%
1977	2,814	−2.0%
1992	2,818	+0.1%
2002	2,593	−8.0%
2011	2,547	−1.8%
2021	2,307	−9.4%
Source: Census data

At the 2021 census, Leordina had a population of 2,307, with an absolute majority (95.5%) of ethnic Romanians.^[5]

References

1. "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
2. "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
3. Coriolan Suciu, Dicționar istoric al localităților din Transilvania, București, Editura Academiei, 1967-1968.
4. Dorin Ștef, Dicționar etimologic al localităților din județul Maramureș, Editura Ethnologica, Baia Mare, 2016.
5. "Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (in Romanian). INSSE. 31 May 2023.

External links

Media related to Leordina at Wikimedia Commons

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  Leordina
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  The Vișeu River in Leordina
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  Railway bridge over the Vișeu River in Leordina
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  The Leordina train station