Mărgău
{{Infobox Romanian subdivision
|type = commune
|county = Cluj
|name = Mărgău
|subdivisions = Bociu, Buteni, Ciuleni, Mărgău, Răchițele, Scrind-Frăsinet
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|image_skyline = RO CJ Margau 55.jpg
|image_caption = Archangels church in Mărgău
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|image_map = Margau jud Cluj.png
|map_caption = Location in Cluj County
|leader_name = Mircea-Sorin Suciu
|leader_party = PNL
|leader_term = 2024–2028
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|established_date =
|elevation = 762
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|area_total = 211.68
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|postal_code = 407380
|area_code = (+40) 0264
|website = {{URL|https://primariamargau.ro/}}
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Mărgău ({{langx|de|Meregau}}; {{langx|hu|Meregyó}}) is a commune in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Bociu (Bocs), Buteni (Kalotabökény), Ciuleni (Incsel), Mărgău, Răchițele (Havasrekettye), and Scrind-Frăsinet (Kőrizstető).
Răchițele village is the birthplace of former Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc, currently Mayor of Cluj-Napoca, while Mărgău village is the birthplace of Iosif Capotă, a noted anti-communist resistance fighter from the early Communist era.
Mărgău is notable for the Gumuțeasca, an argot spoken in the commune created by the natives to speak between each other without outsiders understanding them when travelling around the country to sell their glass products, a traditional profession of the commune.{{cite news|url=https://stiriromania.ro/locul-din-romania-unde-se-vorbeste-o-limba-secreta-talauzesti-gumuteasca/|title=Satul din România unde se vorbește o limbă secretă. Tălăuzeşti gumuțeasca?|first=Florin|last=Arjocu|newspaper=Știri România|date=29 June 2020|language=ro}}{{cite news|url=https://www.shtiu.ro/care-este-satul-din-romania-unde-se-vorbeste-o-limba-secreta-17934.html|title=Care este satul din România unde se vorbește o limbă secretă?|first=Sorin|last=Florea|newspaper=Shtiu|date=1 June 2020|language=ro}}
Geography
Mărgău is located in the western part of Cluj County, on the border with Bihor County. It is situated at an altitude of {{cvt|762|m}}, in an area dominated by the {{ill|Vlădeasa Massif|ro|Masivul Vlădeasa}}.
Demographics
According to the census from 2002, there were 1,869 people living in this commune; of this population, 99.62% were ethnic Romanians, 0.26% ethnic Hungarians, and 0.10% ethnic Roma.{{Cite web|url=http://www.edrc.ro/recensamant.jsp?regiune_id=2140&judet_id=2295&localitate_id=2346|title = Structura Etno-demografică a României}} At the 2021 census, Mărgău had a population of 1,363, of which 88.63% 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}}
Natives
- Emil Boc (born 1966), politician
- Iosif Capotă (1912–1958), physician, leader of an anti-communist resistance group
References
{{Reflist}}
- Atlasul localităților județului Cluj (Cluj County Localities Atlas), Suncart Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca, {{ISBN|973-86430-0-7}}
{{Gallery
|File:RO CJ Buteni 1.jpg|Orthodox Church in Buteni
|File:Biserica de lemn din Ciuleni6.jpg|Wooden church in Ciuleni
|File:RO CJ Rachitele 57.jpg|Wooden church in Răchițele
|File:RO CJ Scrind Frasinet 2.jpg|Wooden church in Scrind-Frăsinet
}}
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Category:Communes in Cluj County
Category:Localities in Transylvania
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