Ciucea (; hu, Csucsa, ; german: Tschetsch) is a commune 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 A ...
,
Romania
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, situated 20 km northwest of
Huedin
Huedin ( hu, Bánffyhunyad, ; german: Heynod; yi, הוניוד or הוניאד) is a town in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania.
Huedin is located at the northern edge of the Apuseni Mountains. It is surrounded by the villages of Nearșova, Dom ...
on the right bank of the
Crișul Repede River. It is composed of two villages, Ciucea and Vânători (''Börvény''). It also included three other villages from 1968 to 2002, when these were split off to form
Negreni Commune.
Endre Ady
Endre Ady (Hungarian: ''diósadi Ady András Endre,'' archaic English: Andrew Ady, 22 November 1877 – 27 January 1919) was a turn-of-the-century Hungarian poet and journalist. Regarded by many as the greatest Hungarian poet of the 20th century ...
lived in the Castle during World War I, when it was owned by the family of his wife Berta Boncza.
The
Octavian Goga
Octavian Goga (; 1 April 1881 – 7 May 1938) was a Romanian politician, poet, playwright, journalist, and translator.
Life and politics
Goga was born in Rășinari, near Sibiu.
Goga was an active member in the Romanian nationalisti ...
Memorial House is located in Ciucea.
Demographics
According to the
census from 2002 there was a total population of 4,426 people living in this town. Of this population, 99.23% are ethnic
Romanians
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, 0.61% are ethnic
Hungarians
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and 0.09% ethnic
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 ...
.
Picture gallery
Image:Ciucea castle - Ady Endre house 3.JPG, The Ady Endre House
Image:Csucsa church1.jpg, The Reformed church
References
*''Atlasul localităților județului Cluj'' (Cluj County Localities Atlas), Suncart Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca,
Notes
Communes in Cluj County
Localities in Transylvania
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