Florești (Cluj)

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Florești
Fenesch
Szászfenes
Floreşti coat of arms (Cluj)
Florești (Cluj) (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Transylvania
Circle : Cluj
Coordinates : 46 ° 45 '  N , 23 ° 49'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 44 '51 "  N , 23 ° 49' 27"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 371  m
Area : 61.29  km²
Residents : 22,813 (October 20, 2011)
Population density : 372 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 407280
Telephone code : (+40) 02 64
License plate : CJ
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : local community
Structure : Florești, Luna de Sus , Tăuți
Mayor : Horia-Petru Șulea ( PNL )
Postal address : St. Avram Iancu, no. 170
loc. Florești, jud. Cluj, RO-407280
Website :

Floreşti (until 1924 Feneşu Săsesc ; Hungarian Szászfenes , German  Saxon Fenesch ) is a municipality in the Cluj district in the Transylvania region in Romania .

The place Floreşti is also known under the Romanian outdated names Feneş and Feniş , the Hungarian Fenes and the German Fenisch and Deutsch-Branndorf .

Geographical location

Location of the municipality of Floreşti in Cluj County

The municipality of Floreşti is located in the west of the Transylvanian Basin in the Somesch Highlands (Podişul Someşelor) east of the Gilau Mountains . On Someşul Mic (Small Somes) and the drum naţional 1 - this part of the European route E60 - is the town of Floreşti five kilometers west of the district capital of Cluj-Napoca (Cluj) and about as much west of the junction Gilău the A3 motorway away .

history

Floreşti, once a Transylvanian-Saxon town in the possession of Transylvanian bishops, was first mentioned in a document in 1272 or 1297, according to various sources. During the Counter Reformation , Floreşti was in 16./17. Converted to the Catholic denomination in the 17th century, which resulted in the village being Magyarized .

In Florești, in the register of historical monuments of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (Ministerul Culturii și Patrimoniului Național) in the area named Labu (Cetatea Fetelor) by the locals , a settlement in the 1st century BC is recorded. Called BC . Archaeological finds in the area of ​​the incorporated village of Luna de Sus (Deutschdorf) point to a further settlement of the community area in the Hallstatt period . Archaeological objects are assigned to the Early Bronze Age .

At the time of the Kingdom of Hungary , today's community belonged to the chair district gyalu in County Cluj , then the historic district of Cluj and from 1950 to today's Cluj County.

The closure of the chicken farm in the center of the village, which had been built since 2002, was finally decided at the end of 2018 in order to build high-rise buildings on this area.

population

The population of the municipality of Floreşti developed as follows:

census Ethnic composition
year population Romanians Hungary German other
1850 3,009 1,549 1,197 - 263
1930 5,280 2,706 2,194 4th 376
1977 6,865 3,668 2,385 2 810
2002 7,470 4,516 2,056 3 894
2011 22,813 17,154 3,276 26th 2,354

The highest number of inhabitants has been registered in the area of ​​today's municipality since 1850 and that of Romanians in 2011. The highest number of Magyars (3,688) was recorded in 1941, the Roma (1,116) and Romanian Germans in 2011.

With 22,813 inhabitants, Florești is the largest municipality in Romania in 2011.

Attractions

  • In the community center the Roman Catholic Church in the 14./15. Built in the 19th century, it is a listed building.
  • The reformed church in the incorporated village of Luna de Sus, built in the 16th century, is a listed building.
  • In the incorporated village of Tăuți (Raizendorf) the wooden church Sf. Arhanghel și Gavril (Archangels Michael and Gabriel) built in the 19th century, is a listed building.
  • The wooden church Cetatea Fetei was built in Florești in 2016 .

  • Roman Catholic Church in Floreşti

  • Reformed Church in Luna de Sus

  • Wooden church in Tăuți

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania at citypopulation.de
  2. ↑ Arcanum Kézikönyvtár: Historical-administrative book of place names of Transylvania, Banat and Partium. Retrieved September 7, 2019 (Hungarian).
  3. ↑ Information on the website of the municipality of Florești , accessed on September 7, 2019 (Romanian).
  4. ↑ Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (Ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen . Kraft, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 , p. 517 .
  5. ^ Institute Of Archeology - Florești , accessed September 7, 2019 (Romanian).
  6. ↑ Sandu Mureşan: Floreştiul Respira uşurat. Patronul fermei de pui: Nu se va mai deschide în vecii vecilor. Transilvania Reporter, September 18, 2018, accessed September 7, 2019 (Romanian).
  7. ↑ Censuses 1850–2002, last updated November 2, 2008 (PDF; 1 MB; Hungarian).
  8. ↑ Cea mai mare comuna din Romania. (PDF; 44 kB) Accessed September 7, 2019 (Romanian).
  9. ↑ a b c List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture, updated 2015 (PDF; 12.7 MB; Romanian).
  10. ↑ Information on the Reformed Church in Luna de Sus from biserici.org accessed on September 8, 2019 (Romanian).
  11. ↑ Information on the wooden church Cetatea Fetei in Florești at biserici.org accessed on September 8, 2019 (Romanian).