Chiuiești ( hu, Pecsétszeg) 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 ...

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 seven villages: Chiuiești, Dosu Bricii (''Bricshát''), Huta (''Huta''), Măgoaja (''Hollómező''), Strâmbu (''Horgospataka''), Valea Cășeielului (''Kesiel''), and Valea lui Opriș (''Oprisvölgy''). The commune is located in the northernmost corner of the county, bordering the Sălaj,

Maramureș Maramureș or Marmaroshchyna ( ro, Maramureș ; uk, Мармарощина, Marmaroshchyna; hu, Máramaros) is a geographical, historical and cultural region in northern Romania and western Ukraine. It is situated in the northeastern Carpath ...

, and Bistrița-Năsăud counties. Chiuiești is from

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,

Cluj-Napoca ; hu, kincses város) , official_name=Cluj-Napoca , native_name= , image_skyline= , subdivision_type1 = Counties of Romania, County , subdivision_name1 = Cluj County , subdivision_type2 = Subdivisions of Romania, Status , subdivision_name2 ...

; it is crossed by

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, which runs from

Cășeiu Căşeiu ( hu, Alsókosály; german: Koschal) is a commune in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of ten villages: Cășeiu, Comorâța, Coplean (''Kapjon''), Custura (''Dumbráva''), Gârbău Dejului (''Désorbó''), Guga (''Guga'') ...

, to the south, to Baia Mare, to the north.

Demographics

At the 2011 census, Chiuiești had a population of 2,332, of whom 98.8% were ethnic Romanians and 1.1% Roma.Populația stabilă după etnie – județe, municipii, orașe, comune
National Institute of Statistics; accessed August 26, 2015

Natives

Gurie Georgiu Gurie Georgiu (31 December 1968 – 21 October 2021) was a Romanian prelate and member of the of the Romanian Orthodox Church. He served as the first Bishop of the Diocese of Deva and Hunedoara from its establishment in 2009 until his death fr ...

(1968–2021), Romanian Orthodox prelate, first Bishop of the

Diocese of Deva and Hunedoara The Diocese of Deva and Hunedoara ( ro, Episcopia Devei și Hunedoarei) is a diocese of the Romanian Orthodox Church. Its see is the Saint Nicholas Cathedral in Deva and its ecclesiastical territory covers Hunedoara County. The diocese forms part ...

. *

Pintea the Brave Grigore Pintea, aka Pintea the Brave ( hu, Pintye Vitéz; February 25, 1670 in Hollómező, Principality of Transylvania (today Măgoaja, Romania) – August 14, 1703 in Nagybánya, Kingdom of Hungary (today Baia Mare, Romania), was a famous he ...

(1670–1703), heroic haiduc.

References

Communes in Cluj County Localities in Transylvania {{ClujCounty-geo-stub