Cătina (Cluj)

Catina
Katona

Basic data

State :

Romania

Historical region :

Transylvania

Circle :

Cluj

Coordinates :

46 ° 51 ' N , 24 ° 10' E Coordinates: 46 ° 50 '44 " N , 24 ° 9' 45" 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

Website :

www.primariacatina.ro

Cătina [ ˈkətina ] (outdated Cetina ; Hungarian Katona ) is a municipality in Cluj County , in Transylvania , Romania .

Geographical location

Location of the Cătina commune in the Cluj district

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
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.

Roman Catholic Church in Cătina
Reformed Church in Cătina
Reformed Church in Feldioara
Orthodox Church in Feldioara
View of the Cătina lake

Personalities

Jenő Barcsay (1900–1988), painter and graphic artist

Web links

Commons : Cătina - collection of images, videos and audio files

Cătina at ghidulprimariilor.ro
Cătina on the Cluj County Council website

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

[VZ2011-1] 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB)

[2] Theodor Steinhaussen: Local Directory of the Grand Duchy of Transylvania , Sibiu, 1862.

[HHGS-3] Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen . Kraft, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 , p. 517 .

[HPGem.-4] Information on the municipality's website (Romanian) accessed on September 15, 2017

[5] Feldioara. Institute Of Archeology (Romanian). Retrieved September 15, 2017

[rokm-6] List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture, updated 2015 (PDF; 12.7 MB; Romanian)

[7] Censuses 1850–2002, last updated November 2, 2008 (PDF; 1 MB; Hungarian)

[8] Information on the Roman Catholic Church in Cătina at biserici.org (Romanian); accessed on September 16, 2017

[9] Information on the Reformed Church in Cătina at biserici.org (Romanian); accessed on September 16, 2017

[10] Information on Lake Cătina at lacuridepescuit.ro (Romanian) accessed on September 16, 2017