Cluj County

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Cluj County
Facts
Development region:	Nord-Vest
Historic region:	Transylvania
Capital city:	Cluj-Napoca
Population:  • As of 2002:  • Population density:	702,755 105/km²
Area:	6,674 km²
Codes:  • Car numbers  • ISO 3166-2:RO	CJ RO-CJ
Telephone code:	(+40) x64 (1)
Web:	County Council Prefecture
1. For the former state operator x is 2. For the alternate telephony operators, x is 3

Cluj (IPA: [kluʒ], Hungarian: Kolozs); is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in Transylvania, with the capital city at Cluj-Napoca.

Contents 1 Neighbours 2 Demographics 3 Geography 4 Economy 5 Tourism 5.1 Education 6 Administrative divisions 6.1 Municipalities 6.2 Towns 6.3 Communes 6.4 Villages 7 References

[edit] Neighbours

• Bihor County to the West.
• Mureş County and Bistriţa-Năsăud County to the East.
• Sălaj County and Maramureş County to the North.
• Alba County to the South.

[edit] Demographics

In 2002, it had a population of 702,755 and a population density of 105/km².

• Romanians - 79.4%^[1]
• Hungarians - 17.4%
• Roma - 2.8%

Year	County population[2]
1948	520,073
1956	580,344
1966	629,746
1977	715,507
1992	736,301
2002	702,755

[edit] Geography

This county has a total area of 6,674 km². About 1/3 of this surface are mountains -- the Apuseni Mountains, with heights up to 1800 m and located in the Southwest part of the county. The rest of the surface is the North side of the Transylvanian Plateau, a hilly region with deep and wide valleys.

The main rivers in the county are Someşul Mic, Arieş, and Crişul Repede.

[edit] Economy

Cluj County has one of the most dynamic economies in Romania. It is a region with one of the highest ratings of foreign investments. In addition, Cluj-Napoca is home to one of Romania's important IT and financial services centers.

County's main industries are:

• Mechanical components;
• Wood processing;
• Glass manufacturing;
• Pharmaceutics and cosmetics;
• Food stuffs processing;
• Textiles.

Mining and natural gas extraction are also developed.

[edit] Tourism

The main tourist destinations in the county are:

• The city of Cluj-Napoca.
• The Apuseni Mountains especially the caves Peştera Mare, Peştera Piatra Ponorului, Peştera Vârfurosu.
• The historical centers of Turda, Dej, Gherla, Ciucea.

[edit] Education

Babes-Bolyai University http://www.ubbcluj.ro/ Technical University http://www.utcluj.ro University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Iuliu Hatieganu" http://www.umfcluj.ro/

[edit] Administrative divisions

The county has 5 municipalities, one town and 75 communes.

[edit] Municipalities

• Cluj-Napoca
• Turda
• Dej
• Câmpia Turzii
• Gherla

[edit] Towns

• Huedin

[edit] Communes

Aghireşu Aiton Aluniş Apahida Aşchileu Mare Baciu Băişoara Beliş Bobâlna Bonţida Borşa Buza Căianu Călăţele Cămăraşu Căpuşu Mare Căşeiu Cătina Câţcău

Ceanu Mare Chinteni Chiuieşti Ciucea Ciurila Cojocna Corneşti Cuzdrioara Dăbâca Feleacu Fizeşu Gherlii Floreşti Frata Gârbău Geaca Gilău Iara Iclod Izvoru Crişului

Jichişu de Jos Jucu Luna Măguri-Răcătău Mănăstireni Mărgău Mărişel Mica Mihai Viteazu Mintiu Gherlii Mociu Moldoveneşti Nicula Negreni Pălatca Panticeu Petreştii de Jos Ploscoş Poieni

Recea-Cristur Săcuieu Sănduleşti Săvădisla Sânncraiu Sânmartin Sânpaul Someşeni Sic Suatu Tritenii de Jos Tureni Ţaga Unguraş Vad Valea Ierii Viişoara Vultureni

[edit] Villages

• Căpuş
• Nearşova

[edit] References

	Counties of Romania
Alba | Arad | Argeş | Bacău | Bihor | Bistriţa-Năsăud | Botoşani | Braşov | Brăila | Buzău | Caraş-Severin | Călăraşi | Cluj | Constanţa | Covasna | Dâmboviţa | Dolj | Galaţi | Giurgiu | Gorj | Harghita | Hunedoara | Ialomiţa | Iaşi | Ilfov | Maramureş | Mehedinţi | Mureş | Neamţ | Olt | Prahova | Satu Mare | Sălaj | Sibiu | Suceava | Teleorman | Timiş | Tulcea | Vaslui | Vâlcea | Vrancea