Chiuiești () 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 ...
,
Transylvania
Transylvania ( or ; ; or ; Transylvanian Saxon dialect, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Siweberjen'') is a List of historical regions of Central Europe, historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and ...
,
Romania
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. 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
( ; ; ; ) is a geographical, historical and cultural region in northern Romania and western Ukraine. It is situated in the northeastern Carpathians, along parts of the upper Tisza River drainage basin; it covers the Maramureș Depression and the ...
, and
Bistrița-Năsăud counties. Chiuiești is from
Dej and from the county seat,
Cluj-Napoca
Cluj-Napoca ( ; ), or simply Cluj ( , ), is a city in northwestern Romania. It is the second-most populous city in the country and the seat of Cluj County. Geographically, it is roughly equidistant from Bucharest (), Budapest () and Belgrade ( ...
; it is crossed by
national road
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, which runs from
Cășeiu, to the south, to
Baia Mare
Baia Mare ( , ; ; ; ) is a Municipiu, city along the Săsar, Săsar River, in northwestern Romania; it is the capital of Maramureș County. The city lies in the region of Maramureș, a subregion of Transylvania. It is situated about from Buchare ...
, to the north.
Demographics
At the
2011 census, Chiuiești had a population of 2,332, of whom 98.8% were ethnic
Romanians
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and 1.1%
Roma.
[Populația stabilă după etnie – județe, municipii, orașe, comune]
, National Institute of Statistics; accessed August 26, 2015 At the
2021 census, the commune had a population of 2,082; of those, 94.52% were Romanians.
Natives
*
Gurie Georgiu (1968–2021),
Romanian Orthodox
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prelate, first Bishop of the
Diocese of Deva and Hunedoara.
*
Pintea the Brave (1670–1703), heroic
haiduc.
References
Communes in Cluj County
Localities in Transylvania
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