Chiuieşti

Chiuieşti
Pecsétszeg

Basic data

State :

Romania

Historical region :

Transylvania

Circle :

Cluj

Coordinates :

47 ° 18 ' N , 23 ° 52' E Coordinates: 47 ° 17 '38 " N , 23 ° 52' 29" E

Time zone :

EET ( UTC +2)

Height :

324 m

Area :

112 km²

Residents :

2,332 (October 20, 2011)

Population density :

21 inhabitants per km²

Postal code :

407215

Telephone code :

(+40) 02 64

License plate :

CJ

Structure and administration (as of 2016)

Community type :

local community

Structure :

Chiuiești, Dosu Bricii , Huta , Măgoaja , Strâmbu , Valea Cășeielului , Valea lui Opriș

Mayor :

Gavril Mihuț ( PNL )

Postal address :

Str. Principală, no. 150
loc. Chiuieşti, jud. Cluj, RO-407215

Website :

www.primariachiuiesti.ro

Chiuiești [ ˈciuieʃtʲ ] ( Hungarian Pecsétszeg ) is a municipality in Cluj County , in Transylvania , Romania .

The place is also known by the Romanian names Chiueşti , Chiuleşti and Tiuieşti , and the Hungarian Pechetzege .

Geographical location

Location of the Chiuieşti municipality in the Cluj district

The municipality of Chiuieşti is located northwest of the Transylvanian Basin in the Dealurile Ciceului and is the northernmost municipality in the Cluj district. On the Sălătruc brook - a right tributary of the Someș (Somesch) - and the Drum național 18B , the community center is located 19 kilometers north of the city of Dej (Deesch) and about 75 kilometers north of the district capital of Cluj-Napoca (Klausenburg) .

history

Chiuieşti was first mentioned in documents in 1467. In the Middle Ages , Romanian aristocrats settled in the place and, like the hamlet of Valea lui Opriș, it belonged to Ocna Dejului (salt village) .

In the Kingdom of Hungary , today's municipality belonged to the Dés chair district in the Szolnok-Doboka County , then to the historical Someș district and, from 1950, to today's Cluj district.

population

The population of the municipality developed as follows:

census		Ethnic composition
year	population	Romanians	Hungary	German	other
1850	2,982	2,786	22nd	-	174
1920	3,866	3.711	11	4th	140
1956	4,040	3,989	4th	-	47
2002	2,769	2,767	-	-	32
2011	2,332	2,265	3	-	64 (Roma 25)

Since 1850, the highest number of inhabitants and that of the Romanians in 1956 have been determined in the area of today's municipality. The highest population of the Magyars (39) in 1941, that of the Roma (52) in 1850 and that of the Romanian Germans was registered in 1920.

Attractions

The wooden church Sfânta Cruce of the Strâmbu monastery , built at the end of the 18th century, is a listed building.
In the incorporated village of Strâmbu (Hungarian Horgospataka ) the church Sf. Arhangheli in the 17th century and the wooden church Sf. Apostoli Petru și Pavel built in the 18th century are a listed building.
In the unincorporated village of Valea Căşeielului the nunnery Căşiel and its wooden church Inălţarea Sf. Cruci .

Church in Strâmbu
Wooden church in Valea Cășeielului

Personalities

Grigore Pintea (1670–1703), born in Măgoaja (Hungarian Hollómező ), Romanian folk hero.
Ioan Giurgiu Patachi (1682–1727), born in Strâmbu (Hungarian Horgospataka ), was Romanian-Greek-Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Fogarasch.

Web links

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

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

Individual evidence

↑ 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB)
↑ Chiuieşti at arcanum.hu
↑ ^a ^b ^c Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen . Kraft, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 , p. 517 .
↑ Censuses 1850–2002, last updated November 2, 2008 (PDF; 1 MB; Hungarian)
↑ ^a ^b List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture, updated 2015 (PDF; 12.7 MB; Romanian)
↑ Information on the Church Sf. Arhangheli in Strâmbu from biserici.org (Romanian). Retrieved September 29, 2017
↑ Information on the wooden church Sf. Apostoli Petru și Pavel in Strâmbu from biserici.org (Romanian) accessed on September 29, 2017
↑ Information on the wooden church Inălțarea Sf. Cruci in Valea Cășeielului from biserici.org (Romanian). Retrieved September 29, 2017
↑ Bust of the folk hero Grigore Pintea
↑ The brave Pintea - the truth behind the legend and the film Pintea at istorie-pe-scurt.ro (Romanian) accessed on September 26, 2017

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

[2] Chiuieşti at arcanum.hu

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

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

[rokm-5] List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture, updated 2015 (PDF; 12.7 MB; Romanian)

[6] Information on the Church Sf. Arhangheli in Strâmbu from biserici.org (Romanian). Retrieved September 29, 2017

[7] Information on the wooden church Sf. Apostoli Petru și Pavel in Strâmbu from biserici.org (Romanian) accessed on September 29, 2017

[8] Information on the wooden church Inălțarea Sf. Cruci in Valea Cășeielului from biserici.org (Romanian). Retrieved September 29, 2017

[9] Bust of the folk hero Grigore Pintea

[10] The brave Pintea - the truth behind the legend and the film Pintea at istorie-pe-scurt.ro (Romanian) accessed on September 26, 2017