Creaca ( hu, Karika) is a

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located in

Sălaj County Sălaj County () (also known as ''Land of Silvania'', ''silva, -ae'' means "forest") is a Counties of Romania, county (''județ'') of Romania, located in the north-west of the country, in the Historical regions of Romania, historical regions of Cr ...

Crișana Crișana ( hu, Körösvidék, german: Kreischgebiet) is a geographical and historical region in north-western Romania, named after the Criș (Körös) River and its three tributaries: the Crișul Alb, Crișul Negru, and Crișul Repede. In Rom ...

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Villages

The commune is composed of nine villages: Borza (''Egregyborzova''), Brebi (''Beréd''), Brusturi (''Somróújfalu''), Ciglean (''Csiglen''), Creaca, Jac (''Zsákfalva''), Lupoaia (''Farkasmező''), Prodănești (''Prodánfalva'') and Viile Jacului (''Szállásszőlőhegy''). The largest village in terms of population and area is Jac, and the smallest is Viile Jacului.

History

In the 1st century AD,

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, an ancient Roman city in

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was built on the western part of the commune. The city was the most north-eastern outpost of the

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, and garrisoned 5,000 auxiliary soldiers transferred from

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, and

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Demographics

At the 2002 census, 97.8% of inhabitants were

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and 2.1%

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. 71.1% were

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, 13.8%

Baptist Baptists form a major branch of Protestantism distinguished by baptizing professing Christian believers only ( believer's baptism), and doing so by complete immersion. Baptist churches also generally subscribe to the doctrines of soul compe ...

, 12.5%

Pentecostal Pentecostalism or classical Pentecostalism is a Protestant Charismatic Christian movement

and 2.1% stated they belonged to another religion.

Education

There is a primary school (grades 1 to 8) in Creaca and Jac and only 1-4 grades in the rest of the villages, except Viile Jacului.

Occupations

The main occupations involve the farms around the village. Most of the men are gone to work in other

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countries. The ones who stayed work in

Zalău Zalău (, unofficial and former official name: ro, Zălau (; german: Zillenmarkt or , hu, Zilah, tr, Zile) is the seat of Sălaj County, Romania. In 2011, its estimated population was 56,202. History Ancient times Zalău is situated in the ...

, commuting between Zalău and the commune's villages. In the

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, the people worked mostly in Zalău and on state farms.

Gallery

File:TheViewofJac.JPG, View of Jac village File:Marcus Traianus bust in Jac, Romania.jpg, Bust of

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in Jac File:Jac biserica.JPG, Wooden Orthodox church in Jac File:Old mine in Jac, Romania.JPG, Old mine in Jac

References

External links

Official site
{{Sălaj County Communes in Sălaj County Localities in Crișana