Mociu

Mociu
Motsch
MOCs

Basic data

State :

Romania

Historical region :

Transylvania

Circle :

Cluj

Coordinates :

46 ° 48 ' N , 24 ° 2' E Coordinates: 46 ° 47 '48 " N , 24 ° 1' 50" E

Time zone :

EET ( UTC +2)

Height :

357 m

Area :

73.41 km²

Residents :

3,313 (October 20, 2011)

Population density :

45 inhabitants per km²

Postal code :

407420

Telephone code :

(+40) 02 64

License plate :

CJ

Structure and administration (as of 2016)

Community type :

local community

Structure :

Mociu, Boteni , Chesău , Crișeni , Falca , Ghirișu Român , Roșieni , Turmași , Zorenii de Vale

Mayor :

Vasile Focșa ( PNL )

Postal address :

Str. Principală, no. 26
loc. Mociu, jud. Cluj, RO-407420

Website :

www.primariamociu.ro

Others

City Festival :

1st Sunday in September, "Cântecul de pe Câmpie" (The song in the plains )

Mociu ( German Motsch , Hungarian Mócs ) is a municipality in the Cluj district , in the Transylvania region in Romania .

Geographical location

Location of the Mociu municipality in the Cluj district

The municipality of Mociu is located in the Transylvanian Heath (Câmpia Transilvaniei) - part of the Transylvanian Basin - in the east of the Cluj district. The place Mociu is located on the creek of the same name, a left tributary of the Fizeș and on the national road 16 23 kilometers northwest of the small town Sărmașu ( Mureș district ), and about 40 kilometers east of the district capital Cluj-Napoca (Klausenburg) .

history

The place Mociu was first mentioned in documents in 1219 or 1329, according to different sources. To a settlement of the region to the Early Bronze Age suggest, according to M. Roska archaeological discoveries east of the community center, called by the locals of the area Ocolis to the Latènezeit back.

In the Kingdom of Hungary , today's community center (Mocs) was the headquarters of a chair district in the Cluj- Napoca County . Subsequently, the municipality belonged to the historical Cluj District and from 1950 to the present Cluj District.

On February 3, 1882, the largest meteorite in Romania fell in the area of the Mociu municipality . The largest piece of the meteorite - 35.7 kilograms - was found on the area of the community center; remaining parts found within a radius of 15 kilometers. 42 kg of the meteorite are in the Museum of Mineralogy (Muzeul de Mineralogie) in Cluj-Napoca and numerous smaller parts have been distributed in over 100 museums worldwide. The meteorite is said to have weighed around 300 kilograms.

population

The population of the municipality developed as follows:

census		Ethnic composition
year	population	Romanians	Hungary	German	other
1850	2,796	1.910	732	-	81
1920	4,527	2,977	1,334	5	211
1956	5,758	4.122	1,368	-	268
2002	3,494	2,589	595	1	309
2011	3,313	2.263	501	-	549

Since 1850, the highest number of inhabitants in the area of today's Mociu municipality was determined in 1956. The highest population of Romanians (4128) was determined in 1966, that of Magyars (1489) and Romanian Germans (90) in 1910, and that of Roma (371) in 2011.

The main occupations of the population are agriculture and livestock.

Attractions

In the incorporated village of Boteni (Hungarian Botháza ), the reformed church built in the 13th century and renovated in the 17th, is a listed building.
In the incorporated village of Chesău (outdated Cheşeu , Chişău ; Hungarian Mezökeszü ) the reformed church built in the 15th century and renewed in the 18th, at the same time the bell tower and the wooden church Sfinții Arhangheli Mihail și Gavriil , built in the 18th century, are listed.
In the incorporated village of Crișeni (outdated Tăuthaza ; Hungarian Tótháza ) the wooden church Sfinții Arhangheli Mihail și Gavriil , built in 1791 and renewed in the 19th century, at the same time the bell tower was built, are listed.