Mica (Cluj)

Mica
Mikeháza

Basic data

State :

Romania

Historical region :

Transylvania

Circle :

Cluj

Coordinates :

47 ° 9 ' N , 23 ° 56' E Coordinates: 47 ° 8 '51 " N , 23 ° 55' 35" E

Time zone :

EET ( UTC +2)

Height :

238 m

Area :

64.41 km²

Residents :

3,566 (October 20, 2011)

Population density :

55 inhabitants per km²

Postal code :

407395

Telephone code :

(+40) 02 64

License plate :

CJ

Structure and administration (as of 2016)

Community type :

local community

Structure :

Mica, Dâmbu Mare , Mănăstirea , Nireș , Sânmărghita , Valea Cireșoii , Valea Luncii

Mayor :

Roland-Tiberiu Zelencz ( PSD )

Postal address :

Str. Principală, no. 209
loc. Mica, jud. Cluj, RO-407395

Website :

www.primariamica.ro

Mica ( Hungarian Mikeháza ) is a municipality in the Cluj district in Transylvania , Romania .

Geographical location

Location of the Mica municipality in the Cluj district

The municipality of Mica is located in the Transylvanian Heath ( Câmpia Transilvaniei ) - part of the Transylvanian Basin - in the northeast of the Cluj district. The place Mica is located at the confluence of the Someșul Mic (Little Somesch) in the Someșul Mare (Great Somesch) and on the county road (Drum județean) DN 172F eight kilometers east of the town of Dej (Deesch) and 58 kilometers northeast of the county capital Cluj -Napoca ( Cluj ) away. In the southern half of the municipality are the forests of Pădurea Buzabghie and Pădurea Lughet .

history

The place Mica was first mentioned in 1330. The incorporated village of Mănăstirea (outdated Benediugu Dejului ; Hungarian Szentbenedek ), mentioned in a document in 1308, was a Romanian estate of the Bálványos Castle ( ⊙ ) in the 16th century - today on the territory of the neighboring municipality of Unguraș (castle wall) . 47.104861111111 24.069138888889

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.

In the municipality of Mica, the children in grades 1-4 are taught in the community center and in the incorporated village of Mănăstirea, and grades 1-8 in the villages of Nireș ( Nieresch ) and Sânmărghita (Margarethen) .

population

The population of the municipality developed as follows:

census		Ethnic composition
year	population	Romanians	Hungary	German	other
1850	2,723	1.910	732	-	81
1920	3,867	2,418	1,358	3	88
1956	4,935	3,448	1,481	-	6th
2002	3,836	2,715	1,079	-	42
2011	3,566	2,505	934	3	124 (Roma 74)

Since 1850, the highest number of inhabitants in the area of today's Mica municipality was recorded in 1956. The highest number of Romanians (3450) was found in 1966, that of the Magyars (1508) in 1977, the Roma (110) in 1941 and that of the Romanian Germans (64) in 1880.

The main occupation of the population is agriculture.

Attractions

In the incorporated village of Mănăstirea, the orthodox churches Sfântul Nicolae built in the 13th century and the Înălțarea Sfintei Cruci in 1520 are listed.
In Mănăstirea, Kornis Castle , built in 1512 or 1573 according to various statements, renovated in the 19th century, is in ruins. The castle was a renaissance building whose gate tower had a drawbridge. The year 1593 is carved over the portal. In 1730 the property was rebuilt by the then governor of Transylvania, Sigismund Kornis . The property is a listed building.
In the incorporated village of Nireș, once a Transylvanian-Saxon settlement, the Reformed Church built by Ulming Lörinz in the 13th century and the Orthodox Church built in 1916.