Cluj County
Cluj is a Romanian county ( Judet ) in Transylvania, with the county capital of Cluj- Napoca ( Cluj dt ). Its common abbreviation and the license plate number is CJ.
The Cluj county is bordered on the north by the Maramureş County, on the east by the circles Bistrita-Nasaud and Mureş, on the south by the Alba County, on the west by the Bihor county and to the northwest by the Salaj county.
History
In the course of after the First World War in the Treaty of Trianon set of territory of Hungary and the county of Cluj fell to Romania. It was incorporated as Judeţul Cojacna in the system of the Romanian judeţe and renamed in 1925 in Judeţul Cluj. The former district was with an extension of 4813 km ² smaller than today and had 333 545 inhabitants. His only cities were Cluj ( Cluj ) and Huedin.
Under King Charles II of Cluj County (about German yelp Gau ) merged in 1938 with six other circles as Ţinutul Crişuri. The city of Cluj became the administrative seat of the entire north-western Romania case study area, the division of the country into provinces should have only about two years inventory. Due to the Second Vienna Award, with the northern Transylvania from Hungary was awarded again in 1940, Romania lost the almost entire area of the former district of Cluj. The remainder on Romanian territory was incorporated into the now restored Judeţul Turda.
After the Second World War and Northern Transylvania was once again to Romania. When the People's Republic was divided by a more profound territorial reform in 28 regions ( regiuni ) 1950, the Cluj region, which in turn was divided into eight Rajonen ( raioane ) was born. The management unit comprised roughly the areas of present-day counties of Cluj and Salaj, was later enlarged and modified several times the number of their Rajone.
Since 1968 - with the reintroduction of the Judet system - exists of Cluj County in its current expansion. With few exceptions, it covers the entire area of the historic district from the interwar period and was further extended into northern and southern direction.
Demography
According to the census of 2002, there were 702 755 inhabitants of 79.4 % Romanians, 17.4% Hungarians, 2.8% Gypsies (mainly Roma ) and 0.1% German ( Transylvanian Saxons ). On October 20, 2011 had the Cluj County 691 106 inhabitants, thus a population density of about 104 inhabitants per km ². Of historical importance were the Armenians in Gherla that represented there until the 19th century, the largest ethnic group, which is why the town is named after the German city of Armenians. Before the Holocaust about 20,000 Jews lived on the territory of today's circle Cluj. Your share of the population was mainly in the cities Dej ( 17.5 %), Huedin (15.9%), Cluj (14.6%) and Gherla (11.3%) high.
Geography
The county has a total area of 6674 km ², equivalent to 2.79 % of the area of Romania. Located at the northwestern edge of the Transylvanian basin, it extends beyond in parts of the Apuseni Mountains ( Munţii Apuseni ), the Somes Highlands ( Podişul Someşelor ) and partly in the Transylvanian Heath ( Câmpia Transilvaniei ).
On the territory of the district of Cluj is the Cheile Turzii - Rezervat, crossed by the river Hasdate. The largest rivers in the area of the circle of Aries, the Somesul Mic ( Small Somes ) - a source of the river Somes - with its two source rivers Somesul Cald ( Warm Somes ) and Somesul Rece ( Cold Somes ) and the Fizes, a right tributary of the small Somes. The largest lakes are reservoirs Beliş - Fântânele (4.6 km ²) and Tarnita (2.5 km ² ), both at the Warm Somes. The highest elevations of the circle Cluj are the Vladeasa massif (1836 m) and Muntele Mare (1826 m).
Cities and Towns
The Cluj County consists of 435 official settlements. Of these, 6 city status, 75 the a community. The rest are assigned to administrative cities and towns.