Mica () 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
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,
Romania
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. It is composed of seven villages: Dâmbu Mare (''Nagydomb''), Mănăstirea (''Szentbenedek''), Mica, Nireș (''Szásznyíres''), Sânmărghita (''Szentmargita''), Valea Cireșoii (''Décseipataktanya''), and Valea Luncii (''Lunkatanya'').
Mănăstirea village is the site of
Kornis Castle.
Demographics
According to the
census from 2002, there was a total population of 3,836 people living in this commune; of those, 70.77% were ethnic
Romanians
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, 28.12% ethnic
Hungarians
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, and 0.06% ethnic
Roma.
At the
2011 census, there were 3,566 inhabitants, including 70.25% Romanians, 26.19% Hungarians, and 2.08% Roma. At the
2021 census, Mica had a population of 3,566, of which 74.21% were Romanians, 18.91% Hungarians, and 2.11% Roma.
References
Communes in Cluj County
Localities in Transylvania
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