Bobâlna (''Olpret'' until 1957; hu, Alparét; german: Krautfeld) is a commune in

Cluj County Cluj County (; german: Kreis Klausenburg, hu, Kolozs megye) is a county (județ) of Romania, in Transylvania. Its seat ( ro, Oraș reședință de județ) is Cluj-Napoca (german: Klausenburg). Name In Hungarian, it is known as ''Kolozs megye ...

Transylvania Transylvania ( ro, Ardeal or ; hu, Erdély; german: Siebenbürgen) is a historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and south its natural border is the Carpathian Mountains, and to the west the Ap ...

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...

, having a population of 1,888. It is composed of eleven villages: Antăș (''Antos''), Băbdiu (''Zápróc''), Blidărești (''Tálosfalva''), Bobâlna, Cremenea (''Keménye''), Maia (''Mánya''), Oșorhel (''Erdővásárhely''), Pruni (''Nagymező''), Răzbuneni (''Radákszinye''), Suarăș (''Szóváros'') and Vâlcelele (''Bujdos''). It is situated in the historical region of

. The first document that mentions the village is from 1332. This village was the place where the 15th century

Bobâlna revolt The Transylvanian peasant revolt ( hu, erdélyi parasztfelkelés), also known as the peasant revolt of Bábolna or Bobâlna revolt ( ro, Răscoala de la Bobâlna), was a popular revolt in the eastern territories of the Kingdom of Hungary in 143 ...

started.

Demographics

According to the census from 2002 there was a total population of 1,888 people living in this town. Of this population, 99.76% are ethnic

Romanians The Romanians ( ro, români, ; dated exonym '' Vlachs'') are a Romance-speaking ethnic group. Sharing a common Romanian culture and ancestry, and speaking the Romanian language, they live primarily in Romania and Moldova. The 2011 Roman ...

, 1.85% ethnic

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and 1.37% are ethnic

Hungarians Hungarians, also known as Magyars ( ; hu, magyarok ), are a nation and ethnic group native to Hungary () and historical Hungarian lands who share a common culture, history, ancestry, and language. The Hungarian language belongs to the Urali ...

Natives

* Ferenc Barlabássy (c. 1540–1599), Hungarian nobleman *

Alexandru Vaida-Voevod Alexandru Vaida-Voevod or Vaida-Voievod (27 February 1872 – 19 March 1950) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian politician who was a supporter and promoter of the Union of Transylvania with Romania, union of Transylvania (before 1920 part of ...

(1872–1950), politician, served as

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References

Communes in Cluj County Localities in Transylvania {{ClujCounty-geo-stub