Mihai Viteazu (archaic: ''Sânmihaiu''; hu, Szentmihály; german: Michelsdorf) is a
commune in
Cluj County,
Transylvania,
Romania. It is composed of three villages: Cheia (''Mészkő''), Cornești (''Sinfalva''), and Mihai Viteazu.
Mihai Viteazu village, which is named after the medieval ruler
Michael the Brave (''Romanian'': Mihai Viteazu), was founded in 1925 by the merging of two villages, Sânmihaiu de Jos (''Alsószentmihály'') and Sânmihaiu de Sus (''Felsőszentmihály''). Those two, together with Cornești and Cheia, were first mentioned in documents in the 14th century, after the settlement of
Székelys
The Székelys (, Székely runes: 𐳥𐳋𐳓𐳉𐳗), also referred to as Szeklers,; ro, secui; german: Szekler; la, Siculi; sr, Секељи, Sekelji; sk, Sikuli are a Hungarian subgroup living mostly in the Székely Land in Romania. ...
in the
Aranyos Seat
Aranyos seat ( hu, Aranyosszék; la, Sedes Aurata; ro, Scaunul Arieșului)Attila M. Szabó: Historical and Administrative Toponymy of Transylvania, the Banat and Partium. Miercurea-Ciuc, 2003, pp. II/1079-80. was the seat (territorial administrat ...
area. However, archaeologists unearthed traces of human dwellings from earlier periods, too.
The commune covers an area of and has 5,423 inhabitants. The most interesting sight of the area is the
Turda Gorge
Turda Gorge ( ro, Cheile Turzii, hu, Tordai-hasadék) is a natural reserve (on Hășdate River) situated 6 km west of Turda and about 15 km south-east of Cluj-Napoca, in Transylvania, Romania.
Geography
The canyon, formed throu ...
(''Cheile Turzii'').
Demography
At the 2002 census, 71.2% of the commune's inhabitants were
Romanians, 27.4%
Hungarians and 1.3%
Roma
Roma or ROMA may refer to:
Places Australia
* Roma, Queensland, a town
** Roma Airport
** Roma Courthouse
** Electoral district of Roma, defunct
** Town of Roma, defunct town, now part of the Maranoa Regional Council
*Roma Street, Brisbane, a ...
. 66.6% were
Romanian Orthodox, 13.8%
Unitarian, 10.1%
Reformed
Reform is beneficial change
Reform may also refer to:
Media
* ''Reform'' (album), a 2011 album by Jane Zhang
* Reform (band), a Swedish jazz fusion group
* ''Reform'' (magazine), a Christian magazine
*''Reforme'' ("Reforms"), initial name of the ...
, 4%
Roman Catholic, 2.4% belonged to another religion, and 0.9%
Pentecostal.
Natives
*
Ion Cârja (1922–1977), anti-Communist dissident, writer
*
Oliviu Gherman (1930–2020), physicist and politician
References
*''Atlasul localităților județului Cluj'' (Cluj County Localities Atlas), Suncart Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca,
External links
Homepage of the village
{{CommunesCluj
Communes in Cluj County
Localities in Transylvania