Documentation
Surduc is documented since 1554, when it appears as Nahyzwrdok. Other documentary attestations accrue from years 1625 Nagi Szendok, 1630 Nagy-Szurduk, 1733 Szurduk, 1850 Szurdok, Szurduku, 1854 Szurduk, Surduc, 1930 Surduc, 1966 Surduc. Nevertheless, first documentary attestation of Turbuța dates from 1387, when the village appears as villa olachalis Torbicza.
The name of commune stems from the morphological configuration of the place (surduc = defile, pass, narrow valley with steep and swift slopes). Surduc is the gateway to the east or west by Someș valley gorge and also a gateway to Valea Gârboului, Poiana Onții and Valea Solonei, to Solona, Teştioara and Văleni.
Although first documentary attestation in 1554, were found references from 1544 to the commune of Naghzurdoc – from the Slavic word "surdec" meaning "bend" and stems from the fact that in the locality, the Someș River makes the biggest turning point in its course.
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