Câmpia Turzii (; german: Jerischmarkt; hu, Aranyosgyéres) is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

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 Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

, which was formed in 1925 by the union of two villages, Ghiriș (''Aranyosgyéres'') and Sâncrai (''Szentkirály''). It was declared a town in 1950 and a city in 1998. The city is located in the southeastern part of the county, on the right bank of the Arieș River, at a distance of from

Turda Turda (; hu, Torda, ; german: link=no, Thorenburg; la, Potaissa) is a city in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is located in the southeastern part of the county, from the county seat, Cluj-Napoca, to which it is connected by the Europe ...

and from the county seat,

Cluj-Napoca ; hu, kincses város) , official_name=Cluj-Napoca , native_name= , image_skyline= , subdivision_type1 = Counties of Romania, County , subdivision_name1 = Cluj County , subdivision_type2 = Subdivisions of Romania, Status , subdivision_name2 ...

History

The village of Sâncrai was mentioned in a 1219 document as "villa Sancti Regis" ("village of Holy King"), while Ghiriș was first documented in 1292 as "Terra Gerusteleke" ("Gerusteleke", literally meaning "plot of Gerus" in Hungarian).

Michael the Brave Michael the Brave ( ro, Mihai Viteazul or ; 1558 – 9 August 1601), born as Mihai Pătrașcu, was the Prince of Wallachia (as Michael II, 1593 – 1601), Prince of Moldavia (1600) and ''de facto'' ruler of Transylvania (1599 – 1600). ...

was murdered by agents of

Giorgio Basta Giorgio Basta, Count of Huszt, Gjergj Basta or Gheorghe Basta (1550 – 1607) was an Italian general, diplomat, and writer of Arbëreshë origin, employed by the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II to command Habsburg forces in the Long War of 1591– ...

at the current location of Câmpia Turzii on August 9, 1601. Câmpia Turzii is the "city of adoption" of

Toulouse Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Par ...

and a sister city of

Siemianowice Śląskie Siemianowice Śląskie also known as Siemianowice (; german: Siemianowitz-Laurahütte; szl, Siymianowice) is a city in Upper Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice, in its central district in the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - a metropoli ...

Population

The population has evolved as follows since 1784: *1784: Ghiriș: 565; Sâncrai: 472 *1850: Ghiriș: 1,168; Sâncrai: 487 *1910: Ghiriș: 1,815; Sâncrai: 704 *1930 census: 4,124 *1948 census: 6,310 *1956 census: 11,518 *1977 census: 22,418 *2002 census: 26,823 *2011 census: 22,223

Military activity

The city is home to the

Romanian Air Force The Romanian Air Force (RoAF) ( ro, Forțele Aeriene Române) is the air force branch of the Romanian Armed Forces. It has an air force headquarters, an operational command, five airbases and an air defense brigade. Reserve forces include one ai ...

RoAF 71st Air Base The Romanian Air Force 71st Air Base ( ro, Baza 71 Aeriană "General Emanoil Ionescu") is located near the city of Câmpia Turzii, in Cluj County. The 71st Airbase was founded on 1 June 2002, according to the Romanian Armed Forces reorganization ...

, and during the

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of 2008, the 323rd Air Expeditionary Wing of the

United States Air Force The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal ...

. F-15s from

RAF Lakenheath Royal Air Force Lakenheath or RAF Lakenheath is a Royal Air Force station near the village of Lakenheath in Suffolk, England, UK, north-east of Mildenhall and west of Thetford. The base also sits close to Brandon. Despite being an RAF stati ...

in the

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flew out during the summit to augment air defence forces for the event. In April 2015, a U.S. Air Force group of

A-10 Thunderbolt The Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II is a single-seat, twin-turbofan, straight-wing, subsonic attack aircraft developed by Fairchild Republic for the United States Air Force (USAF). In service since 1976, it is named for the Republic ...

attack aircraft stationed in Germany arrived at the RoAF 71st Air Base to take part in exercises with the Romanian Air Force.

Natives

Mihai Adam Mihai Adam (3 July 1940 – 11 December 2015) was a Romanian football player who played as a striker. Career Mihai Adam was born on 3 July 1940 in Câmpia Turzii, Romania and started playing football in 1956 at local club, Industria Sârmei. ...

, footballer * Andra, singer *

Sebastian Cojocnean Sebastian Cristian Cojocnean (born 11 July 1989) is a Romanian footballer who plays as a midfielder. Cojocnean began his football career at Gloria Bistrița II and during the summer of 2004 he was transferred to Otopeni. Cojocnean has played ...

, footballer *

Andrei Cordoș Andrei Alexandru Cordoș (born 6 June 1988) is a Romanian footballer who plays defender. Club career Cordoș started to play football at CRD Cluj youth team. He moved to Universitatea Cluj and in 2006 he made his debut for the first team. He be ...

, footballer *

Andrei Coroian Andrei Ion Coroian (born 28 January 1991) is a Romanian footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football ...

, footballer *

Cozmin Gușă Cozmin Horea Gușă (born 2 July 1970) is a Romanian physicist, journalist and politician. A member of the National Initiative Party (PIN), he was a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for Bucharest from 2004 to 2008. He has been married ...

, physicist, journalist, and politician *

Iuliu Jenei Iuliu Jenei (23 December 1939 – 19 September 2019) was a Romanian football central defender. Ienei was the first player that reached 300 appearances for Steagul Roșu Brașov in the Romanian top-league Divizia A. Honours Steagul Roșu Braș ...

, footballer *

Cosmin Mărginean Cosmin Nicolae Mărginean (born 21 November 1978) is a Romanian former football player. In his career Mărginean played for Oțelul Galați, Unirea Urziceni Asociația Sportivă Fotbal Club Urziceni, commonly known as FC Urziceni (), is a R ...

, footballer * Teodor Murășanu, writer and teacher * Mircea Rus, footballer *

Virginia Ruzici Virginia Ruzici (born 31 January 1955) is a former professional tennis player from Romania. She won the 1978 French Open singles championship. Career Ruzici became a professional tennis player in 1975. One of her main assets on court was her po ...

, tennis player *

Ioan Sabău Ioan Ovidiu Sabău (born 12 February 1968) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player. Club career Ioan Sabău, nicknamed ''Moțul'' after the people from Țara Moților because of his ambition, was born on 12 February 1968 ...

, footballer *

Cristian Silvășan Cristian Radu Silvășan (born 25 February 1982) is a Romanian former football player. He played as striker, but he could also be used as a right midfielder. Career At the beginning of his career, Silvășan swapped twice between Bucharest ...

, footballer * Cosmin Văsîie, footballer

References

Populated places in Cluj County Localities in Transylvania Cities in Romania Populated places established in 1925 Monotowns in Romania {{ClujCounty-geo-stub