Apahida ( hu, Apahida; german: Bruckendorf; la, Pons Abbatis) is a commune in
Cluj County
Cluj County (; german: Kreis Klausenburg, hu, Kolozs megye) is a county (județ) of Romania, in Transylvania. Its seat ( ro, Oraș reședință de județ) is Cluj-Napoca (german: Klausenburg).
Name
In Hungarian, it is known as ''Kolozs megye' ...
,
Transylvania
Transylvania ( ro, Ardeal or ; hu, Erdély; german: Siebenbürgen) is a historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and south its natural border is the Carpathian Mountains, and to the west the ...
,
Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, a ...
. It is composed of eight villages: Apahida, Bodrog (''Bodrog''), Câmpenești, Corpadea (''Kolozskorpád''), Dezmir (''Dezmér''), Pata (''Kolozspata''), Sânnicoară (''Szamosszentmiklós'') and Sub Coastă (''Telekfarka'').
In 1889 and 1968 two rich archaeological
treasures
A treasure is a concentration of riches.
Treasure may also refer to:
Literature
* ''Treasure'' (Cussler novel), a 1988 novel by Clive Cussler
* ''Treasure'' (magazine), a British periodical for children
* '' Treasure: In Search of the Golden Ho ...
were discovered here. Apahida is an important road junction in Cluj County, as it links Cluj County with
Mureș County
Mureș County (, ro, Județul Mures, hu, Maros megye) is a county ('' județ'') of Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania, with the administrative centre in Târgu Mureș. The county was established in 1968, after the administrative ...
, through DN16. It also provides quick access (approximately 20 minutes) from
Cluj-Napoca
; hu, kincses város)
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to Băile Cojocna, famous for its salt waters and their curing properties.
Demographics
According to the
Romanian census from 2002 there was a total population of 8,785 people living in this town. Of this population, 91.17% are ethnic
Romanians
The Romanians ( ro, români, ; dated exonym '' Vlachs'') are a Romance-speaking ethnic group. Sharing a common Romanian culture and ancestry, and speaking the Romanian language, they live primarily in Romania and Moldova. The 2011 Roman ...
, 4.61% are ethnic
Hungarians
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, and 4.13% ethnic
Romani
Romani may refer to:
Ethnicities
* Romani people, an ethnic group of Northern Indian origin, living dispersed in Europe, the Americas and Asia
** Romani genocide, under Nazi rule
* Romani language, any of several Indo-Aryan languages of the Roma ...
.
People
*
Ioan Lemeni
Notes
External links
Apahida Treasures
Communes in Cluj County
Localities in Transylvania
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