Map - Voivodeni (Comuna Voivodeni)

Voivodeni (also Sânioana or Sântioana; Vajdaszentivány, Szentivány; Johannisdorf, Johannesdorf) is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Toldal (Toldalag) and Voivodeni. The former village is much less populated than the latter.

This a commune is within a region known as Transylvania and is the centrally located in Romania. It is about 174 miles north of Bucharest, about 8 miles southwest of the city of Reghin, about 14 miles north of the county capital of Târgu Mureș, and about 86 miles northwest of Brașov. It is also at an average altitude of 1230 feet, which is less than the average height where a landmass is considered a mountain (2,000 feet).

The commune has a hemiboreal climate with the average temperature as 48 F, with the warmest in July at about 70 F and the coldest in December at about 21 F. The average rainfall is about 31 inches a year, with about 5 inches in May and about 1.5 inches in February on average.

The first mention of the town was in 1332, under the name of Sancto Johanne. Archaeological finds have shown that the area comprising the Voivodendi village was first settled during the Bronze period. Find have showed settlement on a hill called Benghát, 374 m tall, and Roman presence as made clear by an existing Roman road nearby. In the commune town of Toldal, there is definite finds of Roman settlers, who focused on agricultural production.

During the Kingdom of Hungary, the commune belonged to the Régen district. It had been was part of the Székely Land region of the historical Transylvania province. This was kept when the Kingdom was absorbed into the Austrian Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. For instance, in 1876, there was an administrative reorganization of Transylvania, and it was attached to the county of Maros-Torda. This meant that until 1918, the village belonged to the Maros-Torda County.

After the Treaty of Trianon of 1920, it became part of Romania and later became part of the district of Mureș, then Mureș County. It was occupied by Hungary from 1940 to 1944, during which the small  Jewish community in the area was exterminated by the Nazis. It became part of Romania again in 1945.

The commune features the Zichy Castle, with relics from the Roman area and Hungarian presence. Famous people who have lived in the commune include politician István Dán and biologist (and geographer) Pál Samu, born on June 28, 1935.