Ciucea

{{Infobox Romanian subdivision

|type = commune

|county = Cluj

|name = Ciucea

|subdivisions = Ciucea, Vânători

|image_flag =

|image_shield =

|image_skyline = Ciucea castle, Cluj County, Romania.jpg

|image_caption = The Ciucea castle

|image_map = Ciucea jud Cluj.png

|map_caption = Location in Cluj County

|leader_name = Radu-Florin Abrudan{{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 = PNL

|term = 2020–2024

|coordinates = {{coord|46|57|13|N|22|48|27|E|type:commune_region:RO|display=inline,title}}

|established_date = 1384

|elevation = 435

|elevation_min =

|elevation_max =

|area_total = 46.56

|area_footnotes =

|population_as_of =

|population_total = auto

|postal_code = 407225

|area_code = +40 x64

|website = {{URL|https://primariaciucea.ro/}}

|footnotes =

}}

Ciucea ({{IPA|ro|ˈtʃjutʃe̯a|lang}}; {{langx|hu|Csucsa}} {{IPA|hu|ˈt͡ʃut͡ʃɒ|}}; {{langx|de|Tschetsch}}) is a commune of Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania, situated {{cvt|20|km}} northwest of Huedin on the right bank of the Crișul Repede River. It is composed of two villages, Ciucea and Vânători (Börvény). It also included three other villages from 1968 to 2002, when these were split off to form Negreni Commune.

Endre Ady lived in the Castle during World War I, when it was owned by the family of his wife Berta Boncza.

The Octavian Goga Memorial House is located in Ciucea.

Demographics

{{Historical populations

|source = Census data

|2002 |1745

|2011 |1547

|2021 |1293

}}

According to the census from 2002 there were 1,745 people living in this commune; of this population, 99.23% were ethnic Romanians, 0.61% ethnic Hungarians, and 0.09% ethnic Roma.{{Cite web|url=http://www.edrc.ro/recensamant.jsp?regiune_id=2140&judet_id=2295&localitate_id=2325|title = Structura Etno-demografică a României}} At the 2021 census, the population of Ciucea had decreased to 1,293; of those, 92.58% were Romanians.{{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}}

See also

References

  • Atlasul localităților județului Cluj (Cluj County Localities Atlas), Suncart Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca, {{ISBN|973-86430-0-7}}

Notes

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{{Gallery

|Image:Ciucea castle - Ady Endre house 3.JPG|The Ady Endre House

|Image:Csucsa church1.jpg|The Reformed church in Ciucea

|File:CiuceaCJ (45).jpg|Gălpâia wooden church in Ciucea

|File:The entrance pavillion of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary Monastery in Ciucea 03.jpg|The entrance pavilion of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary Monastery in Ciucea

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{{Cluj County}}

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Category:Communes in Cluj County

Category:Localities in Transylvania

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