Jucu ( hu, Zsuk; german: Schucken) is a

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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 ...

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. It is composed of five villages: Gădălin (''Kötelend''), Juc-Herghelie (''Zsukiménes''), Jucu de Mijloc (''Nemeszsuk''), commune centre Jucu de Sus (''Felsőzsuk'') and Vișea (''Visa'').

Economy

In 2007,

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started a €200 million investment in Jucu, building a cellphone factory that had 4000 employees. It had begun production in 2008, but the factory closed in 2011. German car components manufacturer Bosch also opened a factory in Jucu and a centre dedicated for training students in the dual educational system.

Population

Buildings and administration

High-power broadcasting station: 3 masts 165 metres tall. The station broadcasts on 909 kHz with 200 kW and 1152 kHz with 950 kW. Jucu is administered by a mayor and a local council composed of 13 councilors.

Natives

George Bariț George Bariț (often rendered as George Barițiu, hu, Báricz György; 4 June 1812 – 2 May 1893), was an ethnic Romanian Austro-Hungarian historian, philologist, playwright, politician, businessman and journalist, the founder of the Romanian ...

Image gallery

Image:Visea.jpg, Winter in Vișea Image:Visea1.jpg, Lifestyle in Vișea Image:Nokia Factory Jucu - panoramio.jpg , Nokia Factory

References

{{CommunesCluj Communes in Cluj County Localities in Transylvania