Săcuieu

Săcuieu
Zekeldorf
Székelyjó

Basic data

State :

Romania

Historical region :

Transylvania

Circle :

Cluj

Coordinates :

46 ° 49 ' N , 22 ° 53' E Coordinates: 46 ° 49 '20 " N , 22 ° 53' 14" E

Time zone :

EET ( UTC +2)

Height :

620 m

Area :

129.46 km²

Residents :

1,466 (October 20, 2011)

Population density :

11 inhabitants per km²

Postal code :

407495

Telephone code :

(+40) 02 64

License plate :

CJ

Structure and administration (as of 2016)

Community type :

local community

Structure :

Săcuieu, Rogojel , Vișagu

Mayor :

Gheorghe Cuc ( ALDE )

Postal address :

Str. Principală, no. 130
loc. Săcuieu, jud. Cluj, RO-407495

Website :

www.primariasacuieu.ro

Săcuieu [ ˈsəkuieu ] ( German Zekeldorf , Hungarian Székelyjó ) is a municipality in the Cluj district , in Transylvania , Romania .

The place Săcuieu is also known under the Romanian names Săcueu , Secuieu and Secuiu .

Geographical location

Location of the Săcuieu commune in Cluj County

The municipality of Săcuieu is located in the northeast of the Vlădeasa Mountains (Munții Vlădeasa) - a mountain range of the Apuseni Mountains (Munții Apuseni) - in the west of the Cluj County. The three villages and hamlets of the municipality, of which Rogojel (Hungarian Havasrogoz ) is the highest in the municipality at 1029 m, cover a total area of almost 13,000 hectares. Săcuieu is 14 kilometers southwest of the small town of Huedin (Heynod) on the creek of the same name (also called Râul Hențu ) - a left tributary of the Crișul Repede (Rapid Screech) - and the county road (Drum județean) DJ 103H ; the district capital Cluj-Napoca (Klausenburg) is located about 65 kilometers east of Săcuieu.

history

The place Săcuieu was first mentioned in 1461 and was in the Middle Ages a Romanian Nationals village , which used to Bologa Castle ( ⊙ ) in today's community Poieni belonged. 46.880730555556 22.8777

In the Kingdom of Hungary , today's community was in the chair district Bánffyhunyad (now Huedin) in the County of Cluj . Subsequently, the municipality belonged to the historical Cluj District and from 1950 to the present Cluj District.

population

Since 1850 almost exclusively Romanians have been registered in the area of today's municipality of Săcuieu . In 1850 there were 1348 Romanians and one Roma . The highest population and that of the Romanians (3640) was determined in 1920 and since then it has steadily fallen. The highest number of Roma (191) was registered in 2011, that of Magyars (22) in 1910 and that of Romanian Germans (5) in 1880. At the 2011 census, of the 1466 people, 1238 were Romanians, 191 Roma, two were Magyars and the rest did not provide any information about their ethnicity .

The main occupations of the population are the timber industry and animal husbandry.

Attractions

In the incorporated village of Rogojel, the church Sfinții Arhangheli Mihail și Gavriil, built in the 18th century and a house (No. 16) in the 19th century, are listed.
In the incorporated village of Vişagu (Hungarian Viság ) a wooden church built in 1800 is almost completely destroyed and is a listed building.
The incorporated village of Rogojel is also the starting point for the 1836 m high Vlădeasa peak .