Săcuieu () is a commune in

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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. It is composed of three villages: Rogojel (''Havasrogoz''), Săcuieu, and Vișagu (''Viság'').

Geography

The commune lies in the northern foothills of the

Apuseni Mountains The Apuseni Mountains (, "Western Mountains"; , "Transylvanian Mountains") are a mountain range in Transylvania, Romania, which belongs to the Western Romanian Carpathians. The highest peak is the Bihor Peak at . The Apuseni Mountains have ab ...

, at an altitude of , on the banks of the river Săcuieu. It is situated at the western extremity of Cluj County, in the

Țara Călatei Țara Călatei () is a region in Transylvania, Romania. It is one of the many areas in Western Romania with a significant Hungarian population, and is a stronghold of old Transylvanian Hungarian folk traditions. Geography Țara Călatei is a ...

historical region of Transylvania, on the border with

Bihor County Bihor County (, ) is a county (județ) in western Romania. With a total area of , Bihor is Romania's 6th largest county geographically and the main county in the historical region of Crișana. Its capital city is Oradea (Nagyvárad). Toponymy ...

. Săcuieu is located southwest of the town of

Huedin Huedin (, ; ; ) is a town in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. Huedin is located at the northern edge of the Apuseni Mountains. It is surrounded by the villages of Nearșova, Domoșu, Horlacea, and others. The town administers one village, Bi ...

and west of the county seat,

Cluj-Napoca Cluj-Napoca ( ; ), or simply Cluj ( , ), is a city in northwestern Romania. It is the second-most populous city in the country and the seat of Cluj County. Geographically, it is roughly equidistant from Bucharest (), Budapest () and Belgrade ( ...

. It is crossed by

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DJ103H, which connects it to Bologa to the north and to Scrind-Frăsinet to the south.

Demographics

According to the census from 2011, there was a total population of 1,441 people living in this commune; of those, 86.81% 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, ...

and 13.04% ethnic Roma. At the 2021 census, Săcuieu had a population of 1,369, of which 72.1% were Romanians and 21.48% Roma.

Natives

* George Potra (1907–1990), teacher and historian

References

*''Atlasul localităților județului Cluj'' (Cluj County Localities Atlas), Suncart Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca, Communes in Cluj County Localities in Transylvania {{ClujCounty-geo-stub