Ciucea (; ; ) is a commune of

Cluj County Cluj County () is a county () of Romania, in Transylvania. Its seat is Cluj-Napoca. Name In Hungarian language, Hungarian it is known as ''Kolozs megye''. Under the Kingdom of Hungary, a county with an identical name (Kolozs County, ) existed s ...

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, situated northwest of Huedin on the right bank of the Crișul Repede River. It is composed of two villages, Ciucea and Vânători (''Börvény''). It also included three other villages from 1968 to 2002, when these were split off to form Negreni Commune.

Endre Ady Endre Ady (Hungarian: ''diósadi Ady András Endre,'' archaic English: Andrew Ady; 22 November 1877 – 27 January 1919) was a turn-of-the-century Hungarian poet and journalist. Regarded by many as the greatest Hungarian poet of the 20th centur ...

lived in the Castle during World War I, when it was owned by the family of his wife Berta Boncza. The

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Memorial House is located in Ciucea.

Demographics

According to the census from 2002 there were 1,745 people living in this commune; of this population, 99.23% were ethnic

Romanians Romanians (, ; dated Endonym and exonym, exonym ''Vlachs'') are a Romance languages, Romance-speaking ethnic group and nation native to Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. Sharing a Culture of Romania, ...

, 0.61% ethnic

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, and 0.09% ethnic Roma. At the 2021 census, the population of Ciucea had decreased to 1,293; of those, 92.58% were Romanians.

References

*''Atlasul localităților județului Cluj'' (Cluj County Localities Atlas), Suncart Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca,

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