Alexandru Cristiean

Ciurea commune

Ciurea is situated South of Iași, being one of the county's largest communes·.

The Ciurea commune is the namesake of the Ciurea village which it subsumes (synecdoche?·). This leads to ambiguity when one says "I live in Ciurea". To increase ambiguity, both the Ciurea commune hall and the Ciurea village hall are in the Ciurea village.

Population: 12604 in 2012.

Component villages

• Ciurea Village·(residence of the commune)– attested at the end of the 17th century (1654), documented as having a colonising population of Ukranian and Hungarian origins, as well as former servants (called sloboziți, Romanian word for freedmans) of monasteries and boyars·. Some versions hold that the name comes from a boyar named Ciurel.
• Curături
• Dumbrava
• Hlincea·
• Lunca Cetățuii·– historically present from the 18th century, with time englobing the Baba Necula hamlet. It used to be a [stație de post– missing translation] linking Iași to Vaslui.
• Piciorul Lupului
• Slobozia
• Zanea·

Racism towards the Rroma

Ciurea has a noticeable community of 6,1% Romani· ethnics living in Zanea.

The association of Ciurea with the gipsy community leads to stigma among the residents. This speaks more about the attitude of Romanians towards the Rroma in general.

I believe that Romanians are extremely racist towards the Rroma. In my experience assertions like "All gipsies should be killed" were not frowned upon.

Please email me to discuss more about this or if you have any ideas of improving the situation or think this is not a problem in the first place.

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More about Ciurea

• Ciurea rail disaster, Wikipedia·

Sources

• Aspecte generale, Primăria Comunei Ciurea·
• Comuna Ciurea- scurt istoric, Biblioteca Publică Ciurea - Căminul Cultural·
• Housing and Population census, 2011·

Last updated on 15 September 2024, 22:14