Recea-Cristur ( hu, Récekeresztúr) is a commune in

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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. In

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, "recea" refers to a cold place. The commune is composed of nine villages: Căprioara (''Kecskeháta''), Ciubanca (''Alsócsobánka''), Ciubăncuța (''Felsőcsobánka''), Elciu (''Völcs''), Escu (''Veck''), Jurca (''Gyurkapataka''), Osoi (''Aszó''), Pustuța (''Pusztaújfalu'') and Recea-Cristur.

History

The first documentary mention of the village of Recea-Cristur dates back to the year 1320.

Demographics

According to the census from 2002 there was a total population of 1,701 people living in this commune. Of this population, 89.24% are ethnic

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, 9.93% ethnic

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and 0.76% are ethnic

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Natives

* Cornel Itu

References

*''Atlasul localităților județului Cluj'' (Cluj County Localities Atlas), Suncart Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca, Communes in Cluj County Localities in Transylvania {{ClujCounty-geo-stub