Jucu

Jucu
—  Commune  —
Location of Jucu
Coordinates: 46°51′18″N 23°47′36″E / 46.855°N 23.79333°E / 46.855; 23.79333Coordinates: 46°51′18″N 23°47′36″E / 46.855°N 23.79333°E / 46.855; 23.79333
Country	Romania
County	Cluj County
Component villages	Gădălin, Juc-Herghelie, Jucu de Mijloc, Jucu de Sus, Vişea
Population (2002)
– Total	4,120
Postal code

Jucu (German: Schucken; Hungarian: Zsuk) is a commune in Cluj County, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Gădălin (Kötelend), Juc-Herghelie (Zsukiménes), Jucu de Mijloc (Nemeszsuk), commune centre Jucu de Sus (Felsőzsuk) and Vişea (Visa).

Economy

In 2007, Nokia started a €200 million investment in Jucu, building a cellphone factory that has begun production in 2008 and in 2010 it's possible that an American pharmaceutical company will invest another €210 million to make a factory.^[1]

On 29 September 2011, Nokia announced that the production will be closed and more than 2000 employees will be laid off by the end of 2012 as a measure of optimizing production processes.^[2]

Population

Census[3],[4]		Ethnicity
Year	Population	Romanians	Hungarians	Germans	Roma people	Other
1850	2529	2126	242	2	109	50
1880	2584	2029	437	6		112
1890	3055	2404	601	6		44
1900	3314	2608	648	29		29
1910	3799	3010	737	7		45
1920	3893	3266	575			52
1930	4382	3691	630	4	33	24
1930	4382	3649	635	4	68	26
1941	5238	4295	909	6	10	18
1956	5841	5027	773	2	33	6
1966	5452	4760	690		1	1
2002	4086	3524	516	1	43	2

Buildings and Structures

High-power broadcasting station: 3 masts 165 metres tall. The station broadcasts on 909 kHz with 200 kW and 1152 kHz with 950 kW.

Image gallery

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  Winter in Vişea

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  Lifestyle in Vişea

References

1. ^ "Nokia's New Home in Romania", in BusinessWeek, January 17, 2008
2. ^ http://www.b92.net/tehnopolis/vesti.php?yyyy=2011&mm=09&nav_id=545581
3. ^ Varga E. Árpád: Erdély etnikai és felekezeti statisztikája (1850-1992)
4. ^ Ethnocultural Diversity Resource Center