Gheorghe Doja, Mureș


Gheorghe Doja is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania composed of five villages:
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. After the break-up of Austria-Hungary at the end of World War I and the Hungarian–Romanian War of 1918–19, the town became part of the Kingdom of Romania. As a result of the Second Vienna Award it became a part of the Kingdom of Hungary between 1940 and 1945. Since then Gheorghe Doja has been part of Romania; it is named after György Dózsa, who led a peasants' revolt against landed nobility at the beginning of the 16th century.

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% are Hungarians, 20.69% are Romanians, and 5% are Roma.