Unguraș ( hu, Bálványosváralja) 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: Batin (''Bátony''), Daroț (''Daróc''), Sicfa (''Székfa''), Unguraș, and Valea Ungurașului (''Csabaújfalu'').

Geography

The commune lies on the

Transylvanian Plateau The Transylvanian Plateau ( ro, Podișul Transilvaniei; hu, Erdélyi-medence) is a plateau in central Romania. The plateau lies within and takes its name from the historical region of Transylvania, and is almost entirely surrounded by the Easte ...

, on the banks of the river Bandău, a right tributary of the

Someșul Mic The Someșul Mic (''Little Someș'', Hungarian: ''Kis-Szamos'') is a river in north-western Romania (Cluj County). At its confluence with the Someșul Mare in Mica, the Someș is formed. Its total length is , and its drainage basin area is .

. It is located in the northeastern part of the county, on the border with

Bistrița-Năsăud County Bistrița-Năsăud () is a county (județ) of Romania, in Transylvania, with its capital city at Bistrița. Name In Hungarian language, Hungarian, it is known as ''Beszterce-Naszód megye'', and in German language, German as ''Kreis Bistritz-N ...

, at a distance of from the city of

Dej Dej (; hu, Dés; german: Desch, Burglos; yi, דעעש ''Desh'') is a municipality in Transylvania, Romania, north of Cluj-Napoca, in Cluj County. It lies where the river Someșul Mic meets the river Someșul Mare. The city administers four vill ...

and from the county seat,

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. Unguraș borders the following communes: Braniștea to the north,

Nușeni Nușeni ( hu, Apanagyfalu; german: Großendorf) is a commune in Bistrița-Năsăud County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of seven villages: Beudiu (''Bőd''), Dumbrava (''Nyírmezőtanya''), Feleac (''Fellak''), Malin (''Almásmálom''), N ...

to the east (both in Bistrița-Năsăud County), Sânmartin to the south, and

Mintiu Gherlii Mintiu Gherlii ( hu, Szamosújvárnémeti; german: Deutschendorf) is a commune in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Bunești (''Széplak''), Mintiu Gherlii, Nima (''Néma''), Pădurenii (''Coptelke''), Petrești ( ...

and

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to the west (the last three in Cluj County). The commune is crossed by

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DJ161D, which starts in Valea Ungurașului and ends in Dej.

The Unguraș Fortress

The was built after the Mongol invasion of 1241–1242, and was first attested in 1269. The ruins of the fortress (listed as ''

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'') are located on top of the nearby Fortress Hill; a small monument has been placed there in 1996.

Demographics

At the 2011 census, 61.5% of inhabitants were

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, 35.7%

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, and 1.5%

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.Tab8. Populația stabilă după etnie – județe, municipii, orașe, comune
2011 census results,

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, accessed 17 February 2020.

Natives

* Ioan Oltean

References

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