Petreștii de Jos

{{Infobox Romanian subdivision

|type = commune

|county = Cluj

|name = Petreștii de Jos

|subdivisions = Crăești, Deleni, Livada, Petreștii de Jos, Petreștii de Mijloc, Petreștii de Sus, Plaiuri

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|image_shield = ROU CJ Petrestii de Jos CoA.PNG

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|image_skyline = RO CJ Petrestii de Sus (26).JPG

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|image_caption = Orthodox church in Petreștii de Sus

|image_map = Petrestii de Jos jud Cluj.png

|map_caption = Location in Cluj County

|leader_name = Teodora-Roxana Teutișan{{cite web|url=https://petrestiidejos.ro/despre-noi/conducere/primar/|title=Conducere > Primar|language=ro| publisher=Petreștii de Jos town hall|website=petrestiidejos.ro|access-date=April 14, 2025}}

|leader_party = AUR

|leader_term = 2024–2028

|coordinates = {{coord|46|34|51|N|23|39|19|E|type:adm2nd_region:RO|display=inline,title}}

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|elevation = 474

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|area_total = 72.61

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|population_as_of =

|population_total = auto

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|postal_code = 407455

|area_code = (+40) 0264

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

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Petreștii de Jos ({{langx|hu|Magyarpeterd}}; {{langx|de|Ungarisch-Petersdorf}}) is a commune in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of seven villages: Crăești (Pusztaszentkirály), Deleni (Indal), Livada (Tordaegres), Petreștii de Jos, Petreștii de Mijloc (Középpeterd), Petreștii de Sus (Felsőpeterd), and Plaiuri (Tordahagymás).

Demographics

According to the census from 2011, there was a total population of 1,512 people living in this commune, of which 93.25% were ethnic Romanians and 2.58% ethnic Roma.{{Cite web|url=http://www.edrc.ro/recensamant.jsp?regiune_id=2140&judet_id=2295&localitate_id=2355|title = Structura Etno-demografică a României}} At the 2021 census, Petreștii de Jos had a population of 1,391; of those, 88.86% 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}}

References

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

{{Gallery

|File:RO CJ Petrestii de Jos (11).JPG|Petreștii de Jos town hall

|File:RO CJ Biserica ortodoxa din Craiesti (10).JPG|Orthodox church in Crăești

|File:LivadaCJ (86).JPG|Wooden church of the Archangels in Livada

|File:RO CJ Petrestii de Sus (22).JPG|Cheile Turzii Monastery in Petreștii de Sus

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Category:Communes in Cluj County

Category:Localities in Transylvania