Iara ( hu, Alsójára; german: Jahren) is a commune in the southern part of

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 ...

. It is composed of thirteen villages: Agriș (''Ruhaegres''), Borzești (''Berkes''), Buru (''Borrév''), Cacova Ierii (''Aranyosivánfalva''), Făgetu Ierii (''Bikalat''), Iara, Lungești (''Szurdoklunzsest''), Măgura Ierii (''Járamagura''), Mașca (''Macskakő''), Ocolișel (''Felsőaklos''), Surduc (''Járaszurdok''), Valea Agrișului (''Egrespatak'') and Valea Vadului (''Vádpatak'').

Demographics

According to the census from 2002, the total population of the commune was 4,704 people. Of this population, 90.68% were ethnic

Romanians The Romanians ( ro, români, ; dated exonym ''Vlachs'') are a Romance languages, Romance-speaking ethnic group. Sharing a common Culture of Romania, Romanian culture and Cultural heritage, ancestry, and speaking the Romanian language, they l ...

, 6.01% ethnic

Romani Romani may refer to: Ethnicities * Romani people, an ethnic group of Northern Indian origin, living dispersed in Europe, the Americas and Asia ** Romani genocide, under Nazi rule * Romani language, any of several Indo-Aryan languages of the Roma ...

and 3.16% are ethnic

Hungarians Hungarians, also known as Magyars ( ; hu, magyarok ), are a nation and ethnic group native to Hungary () and historical Hungarian lands who share a common culture, history, ancestry, and language. The Hungarian language belongs to the Urali ...

References

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