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Regiunea Cluj (Cluj Region) was one of the administrative
divisions of the
People's Republic of Romania
The Socialist Republic of Romania ( ro, Republica Socialistă România, RSR) was a Marxist–Leninist one-party socialist state that existed officially in Romania from 1947 to 1989. From 1947 to 1965, the state was known as the Romanian Peopl ...
, established on September 6, 1950 by Law nr. 5, and set after the
Soviet
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style.
History
The capital of the region was the city of
Cluj
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, and at first, its territory comprised an area slightly smaller than the nowadays
Cluj
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and
Sălaj counties. On September 19, 1952, the administrative regions of Romania were reorganized by Decree nr. 331. The Cluj Region assimilated the southern
raion
A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is co ...
of the dissolved
Rodna Region and a rayon from the reorganised
Mureș Region, reaching an area slightly smaller than nowadays
Cluj
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,
Sălaj, and
Bistrița-Năsăud counties. In 1960 it lost two rayons to the reorganized
Magyar Autonomous Region
The Magyar Autonomous Region (1952–1960) (Romanian: ''Regiunea Autonomă Maghiară'', Hungarian: ''Magyar Autonóm Tartomány'') and Mureș-Magyar Autonomous Region (1960–1968) were autonomous regions in the Romanian People's Republic (later ...
.
Neighbors
The Cluj Region had as neighbors:
*1950–1952: East:
Rodna Region and
Mureș Region; South:
Hunedoara Region and
Arad Region
Arad Region (Regiunea Arad) was one of the newly established (in 1950) administrative divisions of the People's Republic of Romania, copied after the Soviet style of territorial organisation. It existed until 1956, when its territory was divided ...
; West:
Bihor Region
Bihor Region (Regiunea Bihor) was one of the newly established (in 1950) administrative divisions of the People's Republic of Romania, copied after the Soviet style of territorial organisation.
History
The capital of the region was Oradea, and ...
; North:
Baia Mare Region
Regiunea Baia Mare (Baia Mare Region) was one of the newly established (in 1950) administrative divisions of the People's Republic of Romania, copied after the Soviet style of territorial organization.
History
The capital of the region was Ba ...
.
*1952–1960: East:
Suceava Region and
Magyar Autonomous Region
The Magyar Autonomous Region (1952–1960) (Romanian: ''Regiunea Autonomă Maghiară'', Hungarian: ''Magyar Autonóm Tartomány'') and Mureș-Magyar Autonomous Region (1960–1968) were autonomous regions in the Romanian People's Republic (later ...
; South:
Stalin Region,
Hunedoara Region, and
Arad Region
Arad Region (Regiunea Arad) was one of the newly established (in 1950) administrative divisions of the People's Republic of Romania, copied after the Soviet style of territorial organisation. It existed until 1956, when its territory was divided ...
; West:
Oradea Region
Oradea (, , ; german: Großwardein ; hu, Nagyvárad ) is a city in Romania, located in Crișana, a sub-region of Transylvania. The seat of Bihor County, Oradea is one of the most important economic, social and cultural centers in the western part ...
; North:
Baia Mare Region
Regiunea Baia Mare (Baia Mare Region) was one of the newly established (in 1950) administrative divisions of the People's Republic of Romania, copied after the Soviet style of territorial organization.
History
The capital of the region was Ba ...
.
*1960–1968: East:
Suceava Region and
Magyar Autonomous Region
The Magyar Autonomous Region (1952–1960) (Romanian: ''Regiunea Autonomă Maghiară'', Hungarian: ''Magyar Autonóm Tartomány'') and Mureș-Magyar Autonomous Region (1960–1968) were autonomous regions in the Romanian People's Republic (later ...
; South:
Brașov Region and
Hunedoara Region; West:
Crișana Region; North:
Maramureș region
or Marmaroshchyna ( ro, Maramureș ; uk, Мармарощина, Marmaroshchyna; hu, Máramaros) is a geographical, historical and cultural region in northern Romania and western Ukraine. It is situated in the northeastern Carpathians, alon ...
.
Rayons
*1950–1952: Cluj, Zalău, Huedin, Câmpeni, Dej, Turda, Gherla, Jibou, Aiud.
*1952–1960: Cluj, Zalău, Huedin, Câmpeni, Dej, Turda, Gherla, Jibou, Aiud, Năsăud, Bistrița, Sărmaș, Luduș, Beclean.
*1960–1968: Cluj, Zalău, Huedin, Câmpeni, Dej, Turda, Gherla, Jibou, Aiud, Năsăud, Bistrița, Beclean.
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