Porumbenii Mari is generally referred to as Galambfalva in Hungarian and was originally called Golumba Mare in Romanian.

The commune has attracted interest from archaeologists, who have uncovered numerous material proofs of human settlement in the area beginning in prehistory.

After Soviet occupation, the Romanian administration returned and the village became officially part of Romania in March 1945.

Its economy is based on agriculture and animal husbandry, with small sectors in milling flour, baking bread, and other commercial activities.

An originally Gothic structure with elements from subsequent periods, the church's medieval features were largely destroyed during the reconstruction of the building in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.