Huedin

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Huedin
Heynod
Bánffyhunyad
Coat of arms of Huedin
Huedin (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Transylvania
Circle : Cluj
Coordinates : 46 ° 52 '  N , 23 ° 2'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 51 '54 "  N , 23 ° 1' 35"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 354  m
Area : 61.24  km²
Residents : 9,346 (October 20, 2011)
Population density : 153 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 405400
Telephone code : (+40) 02 64
License plate : CJ
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : city
Structure : 1 District / cadastral municipality: Bicălatu
Mayor : Mircea Moroșan ( PNL )
Postal address : St. Horea, no. 1
loc. Huedin, jud. Cluj, RO-405400
Website :

Huedin ( Hungarian Bánffyhunyad , German  Heynod ) is a town in Cluj County in Transylvania , Romania .

Geographical location

Huedin is located in the Apuseni Mountains (part of the Romanian Western Carpathians ) and is surrounded by the villages of Nearșova , Domoșu and Horlacea . Located on the Budapest – Oradea – Cluj-Napoca – Bucharest railway line and European route 60 , Huedin is 50 kilometers northwest of the district capital of Cluj-Napoca ( Klausenburg ).

population

In 2002, 9439 people were registered in Huedin. 58.45% of them were Romanians , 32.49% Magyars and 8.97% were Roma (part of them Rudari ). Furthermore, three Romania German and one each Slovak and Ukrainian registered. The number of Roma is constantly increasing (they are sedentary "hat gypsies", some of whom have made considerable wealth).

history

Huedin was founded in the Middle Ages, between 1330 and 1848 it was owned by the Bánffy family , which is also suggested by the Hungarian name of the city. In 1910 90.5% of the population (then 5,194) were Hungarian, the proportion of Jews was 20.7%. In terms of religion, Calvinists made up 57.5% of the city's population.

Recently, Huedin is developing as a starting point for ecotourism trips.

Attractions

photos

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. 2011 census in Romania at citypopulation.de
  2. Ethnic-demographic information, 2002 in Romania at edrc.ro
  3. Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius: travel guide Transylvania. Kraft-Verlag, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 .
  4. List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture, updated 2010 (PDF; 7.10 MB)
  5. Description and pictures of the Orthodox Church on welcometoromania.ro