Tritenii de Jos ( hu, Alsódetrehem) 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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. It is composed of six villages: Clapa (''Szentkirályi tanya''), Colonia (''Detrehemtelep''), Pădurenii (''Țigăreni'' until 1964, also formerly called ''Coc''; ''Mezőkók''), Tritenii de Jos, Tritenii de Sus (''Felsődetrehem'') and Tritenii-Hotar (''Irisorai tanyák'').

Demographics

According to the census from 2002 there was a total population of 5,066 people living in this commune. Of this population, 90.99% were ethnic

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, 8.23% were ethnic

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and 0.75% ethnic

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Natives

Pavel Dan Pavel Dan (September 3, 1907 – August 2, 1937) was an Austria-Hungary, Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian prose writer. He was born in Tritenii de Jos, Clapa, Cluj County, in the Transylvania region. His parents, Simion Dan and Maria (''née'' Te ...

, prose writer *

Emil Hațieganu Emil Hațieganu (December 9, 1878—May 13, 1959) was a Romanian politician and jurist, a prominent member of the Romanian National Party (PNR) and of its successor, the National Peasants' Party (PNȚ); he was physician Iuliu Hațieganu's brother. ...

, politician and jurist *

Gheorghe Mureșan Gheorghe Dumitru Mureșan (; born 14 February 1971), also known as "Ghiță" (), is a Romanian former professional basketball player. At , he is tied with Manute Bol for the tallest player ever to have played in the NBA. Early life Mureșan was ...

, former

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basketball player

References

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