Dăbâca (; ) is a commune in
Cluj County
Cluj County () is a county () of Romania, in Transylvania. Its seat is Cluj-Napoca.
Name
In Hungarian language, Hungarian it is known as ''Kolozs megye''. Under the Kingdom of Hungary, a county with an identical name (Kolozs County, ) existed s ...
,
Transylvania
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,
Romania
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. It is composed of three villages: Dăbâca, Luna de Jos (''Kendilóna''), and Pâglișa (''Poklostelke'').
Geography
The commune lies on the banks of the river
Lonea. It is located in the central-north part of the county, at a distance of from
Gherla and from the county seat,
Cluj-Napoca
Cluj-Napoca ( ; ), or simply Cluj ( , ), is a city in northwestern Romania. It is the second-most populous city in the country and the seat of Cluj County. Geographically, it is roughly equidistant from Bucharest (), Budapest () and Belgrade ( ...
. Dăbâca borders the following communes:
Panticeu to the north,
Cornești and
Iclod to the east,
Borșa and
Bonțida to the south, and
Vultureni to the west.
The ruins of lie on Fortress Hill, at an altitude of ; the fortress once was the seat of
Doboka County.
Demographics
According to the
census from 2002 there was a total population of 1,804 people living in this commune. Of this population, 87.91% are ethnic
Romanians
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, 7.53% are ethnic
Hungarians
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, and 4.43% ethnic
Romani.
References
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Communes in Cluj County
Localities in Transylvania
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