Unguraș () 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 five villages: Batin (''Bátony''), Daroț (''Daróc''), Sicfa (''Székfa''), Unguraș, and Valea Ungurașului (''Csabaújfalu'').
Geography
The commune lies on the
Transylvanian Plateau
The Transylvanian Plateau (; ) is a plateau in central Romania.
Description
The plateau lies within and takes its name from the historical region of Transylvania, and is almost entirely surrounded by the Eastern Carpathians, Eastern, Southern ...
, on the banks of the river
Bandău, a right tributary of the
Someșul Mic
The Someșul Mic (''Little Someș'', Hungarian language, Hungarian: ''Kis-Szamos'') is a river in north-western Romania (Cluj County). At its confluence with the Someșul Mare in Mica, Cluj, Mica, the Someș is formed. Its total length is , and ...
. It is located in the northeastern part of the county, on the border with
Bistrița-Năsăud County
Bistrița-Năsăud () is a county (județ) of Romania, in Transylvania, with its capital city at Bistrița.
Name
In Hungarian language, Hungarian, it is known as ''Beszterce-Naszód megye'', and in German language, German as ''Kreis Bistritz-N ...
, at a distance of from the city of
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 ( ...
.
Unguraș borders the following communes:
Braniștea to the north,
Nușeni to the east (both in Bistrița-Năsăud County),
Sânmartin to the south, and
Mintiu Gherlii and
Mica
Micas ( ) are a group of silicate minerals whose outstanding physical characteristic is that individual mica crystals can easily be split into fragile elastic plates. This characteristic is described as ''perfect basal cleavage''. Mica is co ...
to the west (the last three in Cluj County). The commune is crossed by
county road
A county highway (also county road or county route; usually abbreviated CH or CR) is a road in the United States and in the Canadian province of Ontario that is designated and/or maintained by the county highway department. Route numbering can ...
DJ161D, which starts in Valea Ungurașului and ends in Dej.
The Unguraș Fortress
The was built after the
Mongol invasion of 1241–1242, and was first attested in 1269. The ruins of the fortress (listed as ''
monument istoric'') are located on top of the nearby Fortress Hill; a small monument has been placed there in 1996.
Demographics
At the
2011 census, the commune had 2,777 inhabitants, of which 61.5% were
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 ...
, 35.7%
Romanians
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, and 1.5%
Roma.
Tab8. Populația stabilă după etnie – județe, municipii, orașe, comune
2011 census results, Institutul Național de Statistică
The National Institute of Statistics (, INS) is a Romanian government agency which is responsible for collecting national statistics, in fields such as geography, the economy, demographics and society. The institute is also responsible for conduct ...
, accessed 17 February 2020. At the 2021 census, Unguraș had a population of 2,443; of those, 59.72% were Hungarians, 35.69% Romanians, and 2.37% Roma.
Natives
* Ioan Oltean (born 1953), lawyer and politician
References
*''Atlasul localităților județului Cluj'' (Cluj County Localities Atlas), Suncart Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca,
Communes in Cluj County
Localities in Transylvania
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