Negreni (Cluj)

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Negreni
Körösfeketetó
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Negreni (Cluj) (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Transylvania
Circle : Cluj
Coordinates : 46 ° 57 '  N , 22 ° 45'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 57 '18 "  N , 22 ° 45' 22"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Area : 65.62  km²
Residents : 2,321 (October 20, 2011)
Population density : 35 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 407440
Telephone code : (+40) 02 64
License plate : CJ
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : local community
Structure : Negreni, Bucea , Prelucele
Mayor : Dorin Constantin Manea ( PNL )
Postal address : Str. Principală, no. 63
loc. Negreni, jud. Cluj, RO-407440
Website :
Others
City Festival : 2nd Sunday in June “Târgul Coaselor”; 1st Sunday in October "Târgul de toamnă de la Negreni"

Negreni [ neˈgrenʲ ] (outdated Fechetău ; Hungarian Körösfeketetó ) is a municipality in the Cluj County , in Transylvania , Romania .

The place Negreni is also known under the Hungarian name Feketetó .

Geographical location

Location of the municipality of Negreni in the Cluj district

The municipality of Negreni is located in the northeastern foothills of the Vlădeasa Mountains (Munții Vlădeasa) , a mountain range of the Apuseni Mountains (Munții Apuseni) in the north of the Motzenland in the west of the Cluj district. On the upper reaches of the Crișul Repede (Rapid Screech) , the Oradea – Cluj-Napoca railway and the national road 1 - part of the European route 60  - is the place Negreni about 30 kilometers northwest of the small town of Huedin and about 80 kilometers northwest of the county capital Cluj- Napoca (Cluj- Napoca ) .

The community consists of a total of 30  hamlets . Of these, 24 belong to the Negreni community center and six to the incorporated village of Bucea ( Királyhágó in Hungarian ).

history

Wooden church in Bucea

The place Negreni was first donated to Stephan III at the end of the 13th century . mentioned in a document. An earth wall, called Cetatea Turcilor by the locals , north of Negreni opposite the train station , indicates that the region has been settled since Roman times . According to Flóris Rómer, a fortress was found on the area by the locals Cetaea Prilogului , the historical assignment of which is not yet known.

In the Kingdom of Hungary , today's community center was in the Élesd district (now Aleşd ) in the Bihar County . Subsequently, the municipality belonged to the historical Cluj District and from 1950 to the present Cluj District. Until July 2002, the three villages were administratively part of the neighboring municipality of Ciucea .

The community festival "Târgul Coaselor" (The Scythe Market) is supposed to announce the beginning of the mowing season and the well-known autumn market of the motzen "Târgul de toamnă de la Negreni" takes place on the first Sunday in October.

population

The population of the municipality developed as follows:

census Ethnic composition
year population Romanians Hungary German other
1880 2,238 1,585 61 - 103
1941 3,532 3,066 202 2 169
1977 3,105 3,040 33 2 30th
2002 2,681 2,661 17th - 3
2011 2,321 2,195 11 - 115

Since 1880 the highest number of inhabitants was registered in the area of ​​today's municipality Negreni in 1941 and at the same time that of Romanians and Magyars. The highest number of inhabitants was Roma (54) in 2011 and that of Romanian Germans (4) in 1900. Furthermore, Slovaks were also registered in almost every census , the highest number being 169 in 1930.

The main occupations of the population are agriculture and wood processing.

Attractions

  • On the area of ​​the community center, a former rectangular Roman castle, 46 meters long and 44.5 meters wide, today an earth wall and called Cetatea Turcilor by the locals , is a listed building.
  • In the incorporated village of Bucea, the wooden church Adormirea Maicii Domnului , built in 1791, is a listed building.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB)
  2. ↑ Arcanum Kézikönyvtár: Historical-administrative book of place names of Transylvania, Banat and Partium. Retrieved December 5, 2017 (Hungarian).
  3. ↑ a b c Parohia Ortodoxa Bucea: Istoria locurilor. parohiabucea.ro, accessed December 15, 2017 (Romanian).
  4. ^ Institute Of Archeology: Negreni. cimec.ro, accessed December 15, 2017 (Romanian).
  5. ^ Website of the municipality of Negreni: Istoricul localității. Retrieved December 15, 2017 (Romanian).
  6. ↑ Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (Ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen . Kraft, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 , p. 517 .
  7. ↑ Censuses 1850–2002, last updated November 2, 2008 (PDF; 1 MB; Hungarian)
  8. ↑ a b List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture, updated 2015 (PDF; 12.7 MB; Romanian)