Mărgău (; ) 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 six villages: Bociu (''Bocs''), Buteni (''Kalotabökény''), Ciuleni (''Incsel''), Mărgău, Răchițele (''Havasrekettye''), and Scrind-Frăsinet (''Kőrizstető''). Răchițele village is the birthplace of former Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc, currently Mayor of

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 ( ...

, while Mărgău village is the birthplace of Iosif Capotă, a noted anti-communist resistance fighter from the early Communist era. Mărgău is notable for the

Gumuțeasca Gumuțeasca or Gomuțeasca (sometimes referred to as ''limba gumuțească'', "Gumutseascan language", or ''limba de sticlă'', "the glass language") is an argot (a speech form spoken by a group of people to prevent outsiders from understanding th ...

, an

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spoken in the commune created by the natives to speak between each other without outsiders understanding them when travelling around the country to sell their glass products, a traditional profession of the commune.

Geography

Mărgău is located in the western part of Cluj County, on the border with

Bihor County Bihor County (, ) is a county (județ) in western Romania. With a total area of , Bihor is Romania's 6th largest county geographically and the main county in the historical region of Crișana. Its capital city is Oradea (Nagyvárad). Toponymy ...

. It is situated at an altitude of , in an area dominated by the .

Demographics

According to the census from 2002, there were 1,869 people living in this commune; of this population, 99.62% 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, ...

, 0.26% 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 ...

, and 0.10% ethnic Roma. At the 2021 census, Mărgău had a population of 1,363, of which 88.63% were Romanians.

Natives

* Emil Boc (born 1966), politician * Iosif Capotă (1912–1958), physician, leader of an anti-communist resistance group

References

*''Atlasul localităților județului Cluj'' (Cluj County Localities Atlas), Suncart Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca, Communes in Cluj County Localities in Transylvania {{ClujCounty-geo-stub