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{{Infobox Romanian subdivision
|type               = commune
|county             = Cluj
|name               = Luna
|subdivisions       = Gligorești, '''Luna''', Luncani
|image_flag         =
|image_shield       = 
|image_skyline      = AranyosgerendFotoThalerTamas1.jpg
|image_caption      = Reformed church in Luncani
|image_location     = 
|image_map          = Luna jud Cluj.png
|map_caption        = Location in Cluj County
|leader_name        = Aurel Giurgiu
|leader_party       = PNL
|leader_term        = 2024&ndash;2028
|coordinates        = {{coord|46|30|20|N|23|55|16|E|type:adm2nd_region:RO|display=inline,title}}
|established_date   = 
|elevation          = 300
|elevation_min      = 
|elevation_max      = 
|area_total         = 53.28
|area_footnotes     = 
|population_as_of   = 
|population_total   = auto
|population_footnotes = 
|postal_code        = 407360
|area_code          = (+40) 0264
|website            = {{URL|https://primarialuna.ro/}}
|footnotes          = 
}}

'''Luna''' ({{langx|hu|Aranyoslóna}}; {{langx|de|Lone}}) is a commune in [[Cluj County]], [[Transylvania]], [[Romania]]. It is composed of three villages: Gligorești (formerly ''Sămărtinu Sărat''; ''Sószentmárton''), Luna (''Aranyoslóna''), and Luncani (''Aranyosgerend'').

== Demographics ==
According to a census taken in 2002, the commune had a population of 4,450, of which 86.17% were ethnic [[Romanians]], 10.24% ethnic [[Hungarians in Romania|Hungarians]], and 3.48% ethnic [[Romani people in Romania|Roma]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.edrc.ro/recensamant.jsp?regiune_id=2140&judet_id=2295&localitate_id=2343|title = Structura Etno-demografică a României}}</ref> Luna and Gligorești had a Romanian majority, while previously Grindeni ({{langx|hu|Aranyosgerend}} or ''Gerend''), had a population of 1,454, of which Hungarians represented the majority. At the [[2021 Romanian census|2021 census]], Luna had a population of 4,750; of those, 86.42% were Romanians and 6.21% Hungarians.<ref name="RPL2021">{{cite web|url=https://www.recensamantromania.ro/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Tabel-1.03_1.3.1-si-1.03.2.xls|title=Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021|publisher=[[National Institute of Statistics (Romania)|INSSE]]|language=ro|date=31 May 2023}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}
*''Atlasul localităților județului Cluj'' (Cluj County Localities Atlas), Suncart Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca

==External links==
* {{cite web|url=http://www.kutyahon.de/erdelyi.templomok/aranyosgerend/|language=hu|title =Aranyosgerend (Luncani) &ndash; History of the village|website=www.kutyahon.de|access-date=April 17, 2025}} 

{{Gallery
|File:LunaCJ.JPG|Orthodox church in Luna
|File:LunaCJ (3).JPG|Community center in Luna
|File:Castelul Kemény-Bánffy din Luncani (7).JPG|Kemény-Bánffy castle in Luncani
|File:Gligoresti train station.jpg|Gligorești train station
}}

{{CommunesCluj}}

[[Category:Communes in Cluj County]]
[[Category:Localities in Transylvania]]


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