Cluj County

Cluj County (Romanian: Județul Cluj, Hungarian: Kolozs megye) is a county of Romania, in Transylvania. The capital of Cluj County is Cluj-Napoca. About 755,000 people live in Cluj County.

County (Judet)
Coat of arms of Coat of arms
Coordinates: 46°53′N 23°26′E
Country	Romania
Development region1	Vest
Historic region	Transylvania
Capital city (Resedinta de judet)	Cluj-Napoca
Government
• Type	County Board
• President of the County Board	Marius Nicoară
• Prefect2	Alin Tișe
Area
• Total	6,674 km2 (2,577 sq mi)
Population  (2002)
• Total	702,755
• Density	105/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code	31wxyz3
Car Plates	AR5
Website	County Board County Prefecture

Geography

It is located in northwestern Romania. Its county seat is Cluj-Napoca (310,243 residents). Its neighboring counties are Bihor County to the west, Mureș County and Bistrița-Năsăud County to the east, Sălaj County and Maramureș County to the north, and Alba County to the south.

The total area is 6,674 km². One-third of its land is mountainous in the southwestern part of the county, the Munții Gilău (part of the Transylvanian Middle Mountains) with peaks over 1,800 meters. The most important rivers are the Someșul Mic, the Arieș, and the Crișul Reped.

Divisions

Cluj County has 5 municipalities, 1 town and 74 communes.

Municipalities

• Cluj-Napoca
• Turda
• Dej
• Câmpia Turzii
• Gherla

Towns

• Huedin

Communes

Aghireşu Aiton Aluniş Apahida Aşchileu Mare Baciu Băişoara Beliş Bobâlna Bonţida Borşa Buza Căianu Călăţele Cămăraşu Căpuşu Mare Căşeiu Cătina Câţcău

Ceanu Mare Chinteni Chiuieşti Ciucea Ciurila Cojocna Corneşti Cuzdrioara Dăbâca Feleacu Fizeşu Gherlii Floreşti Frata Gârbău Geaca Gilău Iara Iclod Izvoru Crişului

Jichişu de Jos Jucu Luna Măguri-Răcătău Mănăstireni Mărgău Mărişel Mica Mihai Viteazu Mintiu Gherlii Mociu Moldoveneşti Negreni Pălatca Panticeu Petreştii de Jos Ploscoş Poieni

Râşca Recea-Cristur Săcuieu Sănduleşti Săvădisla Sâncraiu Sânmartin Sânpaul Sic Suatu Tritenii de Jos Tureni Ţaga Unguraş Vad Valea Ierii Viişoara Vultureni

Cluj County Media

• Cheile Turzii-(59).JPG

  Cheile Turzii

• Pietrele Albe.jpg

  Pietrele Albe, Vlădeasa Massif

• ClujNapocaSomeșul Mic.JPG

  Someșul Mic in Cluj-Napoca

• Salina Turda - tunel de acces 12.jpg

  Access tunnel in Turda salt mine. The geological reserve is estimated at 38,750 million tonnes of salt.

• Stufărișurile de la Sic, judeţul Cluj.jpg

  Thickets of Sic

• Cladirea biscuite Cluj-Napoca.jpg

  Office building in central Cluj-Napoca

• CJROBanci.jpg

  Banca Transilvania (right) and Romanian Commercial Bank's regional headquarters (left)

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  Cluj-Napoca, the county seat of Cluj County, is a popular tourist destination locally and nationally.

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  Cluj-Napoca train station is one of the largest and throughput in northwestern Romania.

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  A3 motorway, also known as Transylvania Motorway, near Turda