Sânpaul (Cluj)

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Sânpaul
Paulsdorf
Magyarszentpál
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Sânpaul (Cluj) (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Transylvania
Circle : Cluj
Coordinates : 46 ° 52 '  N , 23 ° 25'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 52 '26 "  N , 23 ° 24' 58"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 428  m
Area : 93.22  km²
Residents : 2,382 (October 20, 2011)
Population density : 26 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 407530
Telephone code : (+40) 02 64
License plate : CJ
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : local community
Structure : Sânpaul, Berindu , Mihăieşti , Sumurducu , Șardu , Topa Mică
Mayor : Ovidiu Colceriu ( PNL )
Postal address : Str. Principală, no. 195
loc. Sânpaul, jud. Cluj, RO-407530
Website :
Others
City Festival : At the end of June, the Zilele Comunei Sînpaul community festival

Sânpaul or Sînpaul [ sɨnˈpaul ] (outdated Sânpaulul-Unguresc ; German  Paulsdorf , Hungarian Magyarszentpál or Szentpál ) is a municipality in the Cluj district , in the Transylvania region in Romania .

Geographical location

Location of the municipality of Sânpaul in the Cluj district

The municipality of Sânpaul is located in the west of the Transylvanian Basin in the Somesch Highlands (Podișul Someșelor) in the west of the Cluj district. The stream Valea Mare and the National Road Drum naţional 1F - part of the European route E81 - is the town Sanpaul 22 kilometers northwest of the county seat, Cluj-Napoca (Cluj) away.

history

The place Sânpaul was first mentioned in 1295. According to Márton Roska, archaeological finds near Cremenea in the incorporated village of Șardu (Hungarian : Magyarsárd ) indicate that the community area was settled back to the Paleolithic Age . Numerous other finds as well as a Roman path are recorded on the area of ​​the incorporated village. In the incorporated village of Mihăieşti (Hungarian Nádasszentmihály ), on the hill called Piatra Detunată by the locals , there was a watchtower from Roman times , the building blocks of which were used to build a road in the middle of the 19th century.

In the Kingdom of Hungary , today's community belonged to the chair district Nádasmente 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 2,784 2,571 111 - 102
1900 3,546 3,308 204 32 2
1941 4,343 3,904 216 1 222
1992 2,693 2,441 6th - 246
2002 2,563 2,219 11 - 33
2011 2,382 1,873 23 2 484 (Roma 366)

The highest number of inhabitants (4348) and that of the Magyars in 1941 have been registered in the area of ​​today's municipality since 1850. The highest population of Romanians (4119) was determined in 1956, that of Roma in 2011 and that of Romanian Germans in 1900.

Attractions

  • In Sânpaul, the wooden church Sfinții Arhangheli Mihail și Gavriil , built in 1722, is a listed building.
  • In the incorporated village of Berindu (Hungarian Nádasberend ) the wooden church Inalțarea Domnului , built in 1752, is a listed building.
  • In the incorporated village of Sumurducu (Hungarian Szomordok ) the wooden church Sfinții Arhangheli Mihail și Gavriil , built in 1715, is a listed building.
  • In the incorporated village of Șardu, the ruins of a reformed church built around 1300, the choir and sacristy of which are partly still standing and the wooden church Sfinții Arhangheli Mihail și Gavriil built in 1752 or 1800 are listed.

  • Wooden church in Sânpaul

  • Wooden church in Șardu

  • Wooden church in Sumurducu

  • Wooden church in Mihăieşti

  • Wooden church in Berindu

personality

Web links

Commons : Sânpaul  - 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 February 3, 2018 (Hungarian).
  3. ↑ a b c Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen . Kraft, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 , p. 517 .
  4. ↑ Institute Of Archeology - sardu , accessed on February 10, 2018 (Romanian).
  5. ↑ Institute Of Archeology - MIHAIESTI , accessed on February 10, 2018 (Romanian).
  6. ↑ Censuses 1850–2002, last updated November 2, 2008 (PDF; 1 MB; Hungarian)
  7. ↑ a b c d List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture, updated 2015 (PDF; 12.7 MB; Romanian)
  8. ↑ Information on the wooden church in Târgușor at biserici.org, accessed on February 10, 2018 (Romanian)
  9. ↑ Tribuna: Biblioteca Astra informează :. tribuna.ro, February 16, 2015, accessed February 8, 2018 (Romanian).
  10. ^ Austrian National Library: Annual overview 1875. ANNO, accessed on February 8, 2018 .