Cojocna (; ) is a commune in

Cluj County Cluj County () is a county () of Romania, in Transylvania. Its seat is Cluj-Napoca. Name In Hungarian language, Hungarian it is known as ''Kolozs megye''. Under the Kingdom of Hungary, a county with an identical name (Kolozs County, ) existed s ...

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. It is composed of eight villages: Boj-Cătun (''Bósi alagút''), Boju (''Kolozsbós''), Cara (''Kolozskara''), Cojocna, Huci (''Cserealja''), Iuriu de Câmpie (''Mezőőr''), Moriști (''Hurubák''), and Straja (''Szávatanya''). Located in the central-east part of the county, the commune belongs to the

Cluj-Napoca metropolitan area The Cluj metropolitan area is a metropolitan area in Cluj County, which includes Cluj-Napoca and 19 communes nearby: Aiton, Apahida, Baciu, Bonțida, Borșa, Căianu, Chinteni, Ciurila, Cojocna, Feleacu, Florești, Gilău, Gârbau, Jucu ...

Demographics

According to the census from 2011, there were 4,194 people living in this commune; of this population, 55.8% were ethnic

Romanians Romanians (, ; dated Endonym and exonym, exonym ''Vlachs'') are a Romance languages, Romance-speaking ethnic group and nation native to Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. Sharing a Culture of Romania, ...

, 20.4% were ethnic

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, and 16.7% were ethnic

Hungarians Hungarians, also known as Magyars, are an Ethnicity, ethnic group native to Hungary (), who share a common Culture of Hungary, culture, Hungarian language, language and History of Hungary, history. They also have a notable presence in former pa ...

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

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, accessed 17 February 2020. At the 2021 census, Cojocna had a population of 4,291.

Natives

* Liviu Mocan (born 1955), sculptor *

Grigore Răceanu Grigore Ion Răceanu (1906–1996) was a Romanian communist politician and opponent of Nicolae Ceaușescu. Born in Cojocna, Cluj County, he became a train driver for Căile Ferate Române. He was also a trade union leader, being one of the organi ...

(1906 – 1996), communist politician and dissident * János Spáda (1877 – 1913), architect

References

Communes in Cluj County Localities in Transylvania Mining communities in Romania {{ClujCounty-geo-stub