Panticeu

Panticeu
Páncélcseh

Basic data

State :

Romania

Historical region :

Transylvania

Circle :

Cluj

Coordinates :

47 ° 3 ' N , 23 ° 33' E Coordinates: 47 ° 2 '30 " N , 23 ° 33' 27" E

Time zone :

EET ( UTC +2)

Height :

370 m

Area :

90.29 km²

Residents :

1,844 (October 20, 2011)

Population density :

20 inhabitants per km²

Postal code :

407445

Telephone code :

(+40) 02 64

License plate :

CJ

Structure and administration (as of 2016)

Community type :

local community

Structure :

Panticeu, Cătălina , Cubleșu Someșan , Dârja , Sărata

Mayor :

Aron Lungu ( PSD )

Postal address :

Str. Principală, no. 93
loc. Panticeu, jud. Cluj, RO-407445

Panticeu ( Hungarian Páncélcseh ) is a municipality in Cluj County , in Transylvania , Romania .

The place Panticeu is also known under the Romanian outdated names Pânticeu and Panciceu .

Geographical location

Location of the Panticeu commune in the Cluj district

The municipality of Panticeu is located in the west of the Transylvanian Basin in the Somesch Highlands (Podișul Someșan) . Am Bach Lonea - a left tributary of the Someşul Mic (Small Somes) - and on the county road (Drum Judeţean) is DJ 161 the place Panticeu about 40 kilometers west of the town of Gherla ( Neuschloss ) and about 50 kilometers north of the regional capital Cluj -Napoca ( Cluj-Napoca ) .

history

The place Panticeu was first mentioned in 1314.

In a settlement with Viile pustii (Hungarian Pusztaszölök ) in the unincorporated village Cubleşu Someşan (Hungarian Magyarköblös ) archaeological findings suggest, according to Márton Roska to the prehistory back. Numerous archaeological finds from the Bronze Age were also made on the area of the village Panticeu, called Hosszúalj by the locals , and have been in the museum in Budapest since 1891 . The archaeological finds on the Neagua area of the incorporated village of Sărata ( Szótelke in Hungarian ) have not yet been assigned to a period.

In the Kingdom of Hungary , today's municipality was in the district of Csákigorbó (today Gârbou ) in the Szolnok-Doboka County . Subsequently, the municipality belonged to the historical district of Cluj and from 1950 to the present district.

population

The population of the municipality developed as follows:

census		Ethnic composition
year	population	Romanians	Hungary	German	other
1850	3,400	2,676	488	2	234
1920	4,433	3,768	475	-	190
1941	5,487	4,433	875	1	178
1977	3,396	3,082	179	-	135
2002	2,001	1,706	84	1	210
2011	1,844	1,420	68	-	356 (Roma 242)

Since 1850 the highest number of inhabitants was registered in the area of today's municipality in 1941. The highest population of Romanians (4653) was registered in 1956, the Magyars in 1941, the Roma in 2011 and that of the Romanian Germans (80) in 1910. In addition, a Slovak , Ukrainian or Serb was recorded in some of the censuses .

The main occupations of the population are agriculture and livestock.

Attractions

In Panticeu the reformed church built in the 17th century is a listed building.
In the incorporated village of Cătălina (Hungarian Szentkatolna ) the wooden church Înălțarea Sfintei Cruci built in 1896 is a listed building.
The Reformed Church, built in 1774 in the incorporated village of Cubleşu Someşan, is a listed building.
In unincorporated village Darya (Hungarian Magyarderzse the Reformed Church in the 13th century built) and renewed in the 15th, is a listed building.