Cătina (Cluj)
Catina Katona |
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Basic data | ||||
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State : | Romania | |||
Historical region : | Transylvania | |||
Circle : | Cluj | |||
Coordinates : | 46 ° 51 ' N , 24 ° 10' E | |||
Time zone : | EET ( UTC +2) | |||
Height : | 322 m | |||
Area : | 52.27 km² | |||
Residents : | 1,993 (October 20, 2011) | |||
Population density : | 38 inhabitants per km² | |||
Postal code : | 407170 | |||
Telephone code : | (+40) 02 64 | |||
License plate : | CJ | |||
Structure and administration (as of 2016) | ||||
Community type : | local community | |||
Structure : | Cătina, Copru , Feldioara , Hagău , Hodaie , Valea Caldă | |||
Mayor : | Alexandru Bota ( PSD ) | |||
Postal address : | Str. Principală, no. 154 loc. Cătina, jud. Cluj, RO-407170 |
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Cătina [ ˈkətina ] (outdated Cetina ; Hungarian Katona ) is a municipality in Cluj County , in Transylvania , Romania .
Geographical location
The municipality of Cătina is located in the Transylvanian Basin in the east of the Cluj district. The community center is located on the district road (Drum județean) DJ 161F, about 40 kilometers southeast of the city of Gherla (Neuschloss) and 60 kilometers east of the district capital Cluj-Napoca (Klausenburg) .
history
The place Cătina was mentioned in documents in 1310 or 1327 according to different statements. The incorporated villages Hagau (Hungarian Hágótanya ), Hodaie and Valea Caldă (Hungarian Melegvölgyitanya ) were hamlets of today's community center until 1956 .
According to an archaeological find, a grave site with a body buried in a crouched position, on the area of the locals Piscul lung (Hosszúbérg) of the incorporated village of Feldioara (Hungarian Melegföldvár ), settlement of the region goes back to the Copper Age . Several archaeological finds have been made here in the area of the village of Feldioara. Bronze Age settlements were found during excavations on Dealul Cetății and Ciurgău mountains in Feldioara village .
In 1332 a Catholic priest is mentioned in Cătina and the incorporated village of Feldioara belonged to the Hungarian noble family Földvári in the Middle Ages .
In the Kingdom of Hungary , today's community partly owned by the Chair District Mocs in the County Cluj and partly the chair district Szamosújvár in the county Szolnok-Doboka , then the historical circles Cluj and Somes , and from 1950 to today's Cluj County at.
population
The population of the municipality developed as follows:
census | Ethnic composition | ||||
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year | population | Romanians | Hungary | German | other |
1850 | 2,232 | 1,601 | 489 | 8th | 134 |
1920 | 3,026 | 2,082 | 799 | 2 | 143 |
1956 | 4.138 | 3.151 | 957 | - | 30th |
2002 | 2,203 | 1,668 | 459 | - | 76 |
2011 | 1.993 | 1,528 | 347 | - | 118 (Roma 80) |
Since 1850, the highest number of inhabitants and at the same time that of the Romanians and the Magyars in 1956 have been determined in the area of today's municipality. The highest population of Roma (131) was registered in 1850 and that of Romanian Germans (20) in 1910.
The main occupation of the population is agriculture, livestock and fish farming.
Attractions
- In the community center the Roman Catholic Church Sf. Treime, Duminica Tuturor Sfinților , built in 1796, is a listed building.
- The Reformed Church built in Cătina in the 16th century was replaced with the present one in 1817.
- The approximately 60 hectare lake of the same name, which is approved for fishing, is located on the area of the municipality.
Personalities
- Jenő Barcsay (1900–1988), painter and graphic artist
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB)
- ^ Theodor Steinhaussen: Local Directory of the Grand Duchy of Transylvania , Sibiu, 1862.
- ↑ a b c Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen . Kraft, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 , p. 517 .
- ↑ Information on the municipality's website (Romanian) accessed on September 15, 2017
- ↑ Feldioara. Institute Of Archeology (Romanian). Retrieved September 15, 2017
- ↑ a b List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture, updated 2015 (PDF; 12.7 MB; Romanian)
- ↑ Censuses 1850–2002, last updated November 2, 2008 (PDF; 1 MB; Hungarian)
- ↑ Information on the Roman Catholic Church in Cătina at biserici.org (Romanian); accessed on September 16, 2017
- ↑ Information on the Reformed Church in Cătina at biserici.org (Romanian); accessed on September 16, 2017
- ↑ Information on Lake Cătina at lacuridepescuit.ro (Romanian) accessed on September 16, 2017