Apahida
{{Infobox Romanian subdivision
|type = commune
|county = Cluj
|name = Apahida
|subdivisions = Apahida, Bodrog, Câmpeneşti, Corpadea, Dezmir, Pata, Sânnicoară, Sub Coastă
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|image_skyline = Apahida,Cluj-DSCF2074.JPG
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|image_map = Apahida jud Cluj.png
|map_caption = Location in Cluj County
|leader_name = Grigore Fati{{cite web |url=https://prezenta.roaep.ro/locale27092020/romania-pv-final |title=Results of the 2020 local elections |publisher=Central Electoral Bureau |access-date=11 June 2021 |df=dmy-all}}
|leader_party = PSD
|term = 2020–2024
|established_date = 1263
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|coordinates = {{coord|46|48|28|N|23|44|24|E|region:RO|display=inline,title}}
|elevation = 303
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|area_total = 106.02
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|postal_code = 407035
|area_code = +40 x64
|website = {{URL|http://www.primaria-apahida.ro/}}
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Apahida ({{langx|hu|Apahida}}; {{langx|de|Bruckendorf}}; {{langx|la|Pons Abbatis}}) is a commune in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of eight villages: Apahida, Bodrog (Bodrog), Câmpenești, Corpadea (Kolozskorpád), Dezmir (Dezmér), Pata (Kolozspata), Sânnicoară (Szamosszentmiklós), and Sub Coastă (Telekfarka).
In 1889 and 1968 two rich archaeological treasures were discovered here. Apahida is an important road junction in Cluj County, as it links the county with Mureș County, through national road {{ill|DN16|ro}}. It also provides quick access (approximately 20 minutes) from Cluj-Napoca to {{ill|Băile Cojocna|ro}}, famous for its salt waters and their curing properties.
Demographics
At the 2021 Romanian census,{{cite web |url=https://www.recensamantromania.ro/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Tabel-2.02.1-si-Tabel-2.02.2.xlsx |title=Results of 2021 census|publisher=INS|access-date=23 December 2023 |df=dmy-all}} Apahida had a population of 17,239. Of this population, 80.07% were ethnic Romanians, 3.7% were ethnic Hungarians, and 1.9% ethnic Romani.{{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=INSSE|language=ro|date=31 May 2023}}
People
- Ioan Lemeni (1780–1861), prelate, Bishop of Făgăraș and Primate of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church
Notes
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External links
{{Commonscat|Apahida commune, Cluj}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070426145530/http://www.ici.ro/romania/ro/cultura/mz_tezaur-apahida.html Apahida Treasures]
{{Gallery
|File:RO CJ Apahida monument.jpg|Apahida monument
|File:Biserica de lemn din Apahida.jpg|Archangel's wooden church in Apahida
|File:RO CJ Biserica de lemn din Campenesti (21).JPG|Wooden church in Câmpenești
|File:Sannicoara,Cluj-DSCF4380.JPG|Sânnicoară
}}
{{Cluj County}}
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Category:Communes in Cluj County
Category:Localities in Transylvania
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