Sic (; ) is a commune in

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. It is composed of a single village, Sic. A former salt-mining town, the commune is located in the eastern part of the county, in the

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, south of Gherla and northeast of 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 ( ...

Demography

At the 2011 census, the commune had 2,459 inhabitants; 93.8% were

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, 3.6%

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, and 0.4% Roma. At the 2002 census, 75% were Hungarian Reformed, 10% Seventh-day Adventists, 6.6%

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s, and 3.7% Romanian Orthodox. At the 2021 census, Sic had a population of 2,234; of those, 91,18% were Hungarians, 4.83% Romanians, and 1,3% Roma.

Natives

* György Aranka (1737–1817), Hungarian writer

Gallery

File:RO CJ Sic.JPG, Reformed church File:RO CJ Biserica manastirii franciscane din Sic (75).JPG, Franciscan monastery church File:Sóvirág Fogadó.jpg, Sóvirág Inn File:RO CJ Sic (6).JPG, House in Sic

References

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