Călățele

Călățele
Kiskalota

Basic data

State :

Romania

Historical region :

Transylvania

Circle :

Cluj

Coordinates :

46 ° 46 ' N , 23 ° 0' E Coordinates: 46 ° 46 '5 " N , 23 ° 0' 30" E

Time zone :

EET ( UTC +2)

Height :

704 m

Area :

74 km²

Residents :

2,243 (October 20, 2011)

Population density :

30 inhabitants per km²

Postal code :

407135

Telephone code :

(+40) 02 64

License plate :

CJ

Structure and administration (as of 2016)

Community type :

local community

Structure :

Călățele, Călata , Dealu Negru , Finciu , Văleni

Mayor :

Vasile Tripon ( PNL )

Postal address :

Str. Principală, no. 100
loc. Călățele, jud. Cluj, RO-407135

Website :

www.primariacalatele.ro

Călățele [ ˈkələt͡sele ] ( Kiskalota in Hungarian ) is a municipality in the Cluj County , in Transylvania , Romania .

The place is also known under the Hungarian name Kelecel .

Geographical location

Location of the Călățele commune in Cluj County

The municipality of Călățele consists of five villages and is located on an area of about 7400 hectares in the northeastern foothills of the Vlădeasa Mountains and the northern foothills of the Gilăuer Mountains (Munții Gilăului) - mountain ranges of the Apuseni Mountains (Munții Apuseni) . The upper reaches of Calata - a left tributary of the rapids Kreischberg - on the west of Cluj and the Drum naţional 1R , the community center is located about 15 kilometers south of the small town Huedin and about 65 kilometers west of the district capital of Cluj-Napoca (Cluj) away .

The incorporated village of Finciu (Hungarian Kalotaújfalu ) is 820 m and is four kilometers southeast of the community center.

history

The place Călățele was first mentioned in 1408 and was a serf village of the Hungarian noble family Valkai from today's village Văleni (Walken) . According to the Romanian Ministry of Culture, settlement at Varful Gilmeii in the incorporated village of Călata goes back to the Neolithic .

Archaeological finds near Beretău in the incorporated village of Văleni, consisting of four gold rings, three of which are in a museum in Vienna and one in a Budapest museum, point to the Bronze Age , according to Johann Michael Ackner , Ferdinand Neigebaur , József Hampel and Márton Roska .

In the Kingdom of Hungary , today's community belonged to the chair district Bánffyhunyad in the County Cluj , then the historic district of Cluj and from 1950 to today's Cluj County at.

population

The population of the municipality developed as follows:

census		Ethnic composition
year	population	Romanians	Hungary	German	other
1850	2.124	1,712	403	-	9
1920	3,729	2,907	755	1	66
1941	4,647	3,943	629	4th	71
1992	2,906	2,472	336	-	98
2011	2,243	1,742	244	-	257 (Roma 187)

Since 1850 the highest number of inhabitants and that of the Romanians in 1941 have been determined in the area of today's municipality. The highest populations of Magyars (797) and Romanian Germans (76) were registered in 1900 and that of Roma (231) in 2002.

The main occupation of the population is cattle breeding and agriculture on their own farm, as well as the timber industry.

Attractions

In the incorporated village of Văleni, the reformed church built in the 12th century and renovated in the 15th is a listed building.
In the incorporated village of Dealu Negru (Hungarian Bánffytelep ), the wooden church Sf. Voievozi was almost completely destroyed by fire in June 2012. The church was a listed building.
The old Orthodox church, built in 1934, is located in the community center. The altar is from a Catholic church from Almaș or Văleni .
South along the national road 1R which is crossed by 1,099 m high altitude Dealu Negru pass on Beliş-Fântânele Reservoir - a reservoir of Someşul Cald (Warm Somes) - past the church and part of the village has been built with Beliş were flooded.