Ceanu Mare

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Ceanu Mare Commune
—  Commune  —
Location in Cluj County
Location in Cluj County
Ceanu Mare (Romania )
Ceanu Mare
Location on Romania map
Coordinates: 46°39′0″N 23°58′0″E / 46.65, 23.96667
Country Flag of Romania Romania
County Cluj County
Status Commune (Comună)
Settled 1293[1]
Commune seat Ceanu Mare
Villages Ceanu Mare, Boian, Bolduţ, Ciurgău, Dosu Napului, Fânaţe, Hodăi-Boian, Iacobeni, Morţeşti, Stârcu, Strucut, Valea lui Cati
Government
 - Mayor Gavrilă Oros
Area
 - Total 37.54 km² (14.5 sq mi)
Population (July 1, 2007)[2]
 - Total 4,229
 - Density 112.7/km² (291.8/sq mi)
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 - Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal Code
Area code(s) +40 x64[3]
Website: http://www.ceanu-mare.ro/

Ceanu Mare is a commune in the north-west of Romania, in the county of Cluj in Transylvania.

The village is known in Germany after the Schröder family discovered that the father of former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder was buried there in a common grave in 1944. Lieutenant Fritz Schröder was a soldier in the German army during World War II and he died at the age of 32 near the city of Turda (Thorenburg in German) on 4 October 1944, without ever seeng his newborn son Gerhard.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Atlasul localităţilor judeţului Cluj, Editura Suncart, p. 117
  2. ^ Population as of July 1, 2007 (Romanian). INSSE (April 4, 2008). Retrieved on 2008-05-04.
  3. ^ x is a digit indicating the operator: 2 for the former national operator, Romtelecom, and 3 for the other ground telephone networks