Pălatca

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Pălatca
Magyarpalatka
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Pălatca (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Transylvania
Circle : Cluj
Coordinates : 46 ° 50 ′  N , 23 ° 59 ′  E Coordinates: 46 ° 50 ′ 27 "  N , 23 ° 59 ′ 18"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 333  m
Area : 48.36  km²
Residents : 1,218 (October 20, 2011)
Population density : 25 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 407450
Telephone code : (+40) 02 64
License plate : CJ
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : local community
Structure : Pălatca, Băgaciu , Mureșenii de Câmpie , Petea , Sava
Mayor : Ioan Huldușan ( PNL )
Postal address : Str. Principală, no. 455
loc. Pălatca, jud. Cluj, RO-407450
Website :

Pălatca [ ˈpəlatka ] ( Hungarian Magyarpalatka ) is a municipality in Cluj County , in Transylvania , Romania .

Geographical location

Location of the Pălatca commune in Cluj County

The municipality of Pălatca is located in the Transylvanian Heath ( Câmpia Transilvaniei ) - part of the Transylvanian Basin - in the east of the Cluj district. On the district road (Drum județean) DN 161G, the place Pălatca is about 40 kilometers east of the district capital Cluj-Napoca (Klausenburg) . In the municipality's territory, the Pădurea Răzoarele , Pădurea Imbuzului and Pădurea Hădăraia forests are located north of the municipality center.

history

Pălatca was first mentioned in a document in 1296. Archaeological finds on a hill north of the place indicate settlement as far back as the Neolithic Age and south of Pălatca and the incorporated village of Mureșenii de Câmpie (Hungarian Omboztelke ) (near Deasupra bisericii ) back to Roman times . Also on the site, by the locals Măzărişte (Hungarian Borsószés called), the unincorporated village of Sava (Hungarian Mezőszava ) were made from the Neolithic archaeological finds. In the Kingdom of Hungary , today's community belonged to the chair district Mocs in the County Cluj , then the historic district of Cluj and from 1950 to today's Cluj County at.

population

The population of the municipality developed as follows:

census Ethnic composition
year population Romanians Hungary German other
1850 1,988 1,562 300 3 123
1930 2,896 2,279 491 - 126
1956 3,731 2,867 718 1 145
2002 1,374 988 328 - 58
2011 1,218 764 283 3 168 (Roma 106)

Since 1850, the area of ​​today's municipality of Pălatca has had the highest number of inhabitants, as well as that of Romanians and Roma (145) in 1956. The highest population of the Magyars (781) was registered in 1941 and that of the Romanian Germans (23) in 1910.

The main occupations of the population are agriculture and livestock.

Attractions

  • In the community center of Pălatca the reformed church built in the 15th and the bell tower in the 18th century are under monument protection.
  • In the incorporated village of Băgaciu (Hungarian Kisbogács ) the orthodox wooden church Sfinții Arhangheli Mihail și Gavriil , built around 1700, is a listed building.
  • The wooden church Sf. Was built in 1774 in the incorporated village of Sava . Petru , was set up again in the village of Mureșenii de Câmpie after a desperate state. The church here is the Sf. Dedicated to Cuvioasa Parascheva and is a listed building.

  • Reformed Church in Pălatca

  • Bell tower of the church in Pălatca

  • The wooden church in Sava ..

  • .. stands today in Mureșenii de Câmpie

  • Greek Catholic Church in Petea

  • Orthodox Church in Petea

  • Wooden church in Băgaciu

Personalities

  • Ioan Moldovan (* 1952), born in Mureșenii de Câmpie, writer

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB)
  2. ↑ Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (Ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen . Kraft, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 , p. 517 .
  3. ↑ Institute Of Archeology: Pălatca. cimec.ro, accessed November 24, 2017 (Romanian).
  4. ↑ a b c d List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture, updated 2015 (PDF; 12.7 MB; Romanian)
  5. ^ Institute Of Archeology: Sava. cimec.ro, accessed November 24, 2017 (Romanian).
  6. ↑ Censuses 1850–2002, last updated November 2, 2008 (Hungarian; PDF; 1 MB;)
  7. ↑ BISERICI.org: Biserica de lenm, Mureşenii de Campie. Retrieved November 26, 2017 (Romanian).
  8. ^ Uniunea Scriitorilor din România: Ioan Moldovan. Retrieved November 23, 2017 (Romanian).