Ciucea

Ciucea
—  Commune  —
Ciucea castle
Location in Cluj County
Location on Romania map
Coordinates: 46°57′0″N 22°48′0″E / 46.95°N 22.8°E / 46.95; 22.8Coordinates: 46°57′0″N 22°48′0″E / 46.95°N 22.8°E / 46.95; 22.8
Country	Romania
County	Cluj County
Status	Commune
Settled	1384
Commune seat	Ciucea
Villages	Ciucea, Vânători
Government
- Mayor	Ioan Popa
Area
- Total	46.56 km2 (18 sq mi)
Population (July 1, 2007)[1]
- Total	1,723
- Density	37/km2 (95.8/sq mi)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
- Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal Code
Area code(s)	+40 x64[2]
Website	http://www.cjcluj.ro/ciucea/

Ciucea (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈtʃutʃa]; Hungarian: Csucsa, Hungarian pronunciation: [’tʃutʃɒ]; German: Tschetsch) is a commune of Cluj County, Romania, situated 20 km northwest of Huedin on the right bank of the Crişul Repede River. It is composed of two villages, Ciucea and Vânători. 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

According to the census from 2002 there was a total population of 4,426 people living in this town. Of this population, 99.23% are ethnic Romanians, 0.61% are ethnic Hungarians and 0.09% ethnic Rroma.^[3]

Picture gallery

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  The Ady Endre House

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  The Reformed church

References

• Atlasul localităţilor judeţului Cluj (Cluj County Localities Atlas), Suncart Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca, ISBN 973-86430-0-7

Notes

1. ^ "Population as of July 1, 2007" (in Romanian). INSSE. April 4, 2008. http://www.insse.ro/cms/rw/resource/populatia_stab_1%20iulie2007.htm. Retrieved May 4, 2008. 
2. ^ x is a digit indicating the operator: 2 for the former national operator, Romtelecom, and 3 for the other ground telephone networks
3. ^ http://www.edrc.ro/recensamant.jsp?regiune_id=2140&judet_id=2295&localitate_id=2325