Ciurila

Ciurila
Csürülye

Basic data

State :

Romania

Historical region :

Transylvania

Circle :

Cluj

Coordinates :

46 ° 39 ' N , 23 ° 33' E Coordinates: 46 ° 38 '55 " N , 23 ° 32' 34" E

Time zone :

EET ( UTC +2)

Height :

562 m

Area :

72.22 km²

Residents :

1,594 (October 20, 2011)

Population density :

22 inhabitants per km²

Postal code :

407230

Telephone code :

(+40) 02 64

License plate :

CJ

Structure and administration (as of 2016)

Community type :

local community

Structure :

Ciurila, Filea de Jos , Filea de Sus , Pădureni , Pruniș , Sălicea , Săliște , Șutu

Mayor :

Teodor-Cristinel Popa ( PNL )

Postal address :

Str. Principală, no. 5
loc. Ciurila, jud. Cluj, RO-407230

Website :

primariaciurila.ro

Ciurila ( Hungarian Csürülye ) is a municipality in the Cluj County , in Transylvania , Romania .

Geographical location

Location of Ciurila in Cluj County

The municipality Ciurila is located in the northwestern foothills of the Trascău Mountains (Munții Trascăului) a mountain range of the Apuseni Mountains (Munții Apuseni) . The place is located on the stream of the same name - a left tributary of the Hăşdate - and on the district road (drum județean) DJ 107R about 20 kilometers south of the district capital of Cluj-Napoca (Klausenburg) .

The incorporated villages are located between two ( Șutu [Hungarian Sütmeg ]) and eight ( Pădureni [Hungarian Magyarósag ]) kilometers from the community center. Of the approximately 7222 hectares of the community area, the community center with 1362 ha and the incorporated village of Sălicea with 1359 ha have the largest share of the area. The 502 hectare village of Pădureni is located at an altitude of 620 m and is about 23 kilometers from the nearest bus stop.

Several fish ponds were created along the Hăşdate on the area of the municipality. The Romanian A3 motorway, also known as Autostrada Transilvania , runs here about one and a half kilometers south of the community center.

history

The place Ciurila was first mentioned in 1595.

On the area, called Făgetul Muntelui by the locals , of the incorporated village of Sălicea, archaeological finds were made , according to E. Orosz, which indicate that the region was settled into the Early Bronze Age . In the incorporated village of Sălişte (Hungarian Tordaszelestye ), several objects from prehistory , as well as finds (near Gorganul and Făgetul Muntelui ) that indicate settlement in the Bronze Age, have been made.

In the Kingdom of Hungary , today's municipality belonged to the Torda District in Torda-Aranyos County , then to the historical Turda District and, from 1950, today's Cluj District.

population

The population of the municipality developed as follows:

census		Ethnic composition
year	population	Romanians	Hungary	German	other
1850	2,583	2,494	14th	2	73
1900	3,443	3,314	51	20th	58
1941	4,391	4,346	3	1	41
1977	2,869	2,829	1	-	39
2002	1,509	1,467	9	-	33
2011	1,594	1,445	19th	-	55

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 population of the Magyars (66) was registered in 1910, that of the Roma (73) in 1930 and that of the Romanian Germans (20) in 1900. Furthermore, in 2002 two residents declared themselves Ukrainians .

Attractions

The wooden churches Sf. Arhanghel Mihail și Gavriil , 1750 in the incorporated village of Pădureni; Erected in 1754 in the incorporated village of Sălişte, are listed.
The Veres country house , built in the late 18th and early 19th century in the incorporated village of Pruniș (Hungarian Magyarszilvás ), is a listed building. The house was in the meantime the primary school of the village and has since been left to decay.