Florești,_Cluj

Florești, Cluj

Florești, Cluj

Commune in Cluj, Romania

For other places with the same name, see Florești (disambiguation).

Florești (known as Feneșu Săsesc until 1924;[3] Hungarian: Szászfenes; German: Sächsisch Fenesch[4]) is a commune in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Florești, Luna de Sus (Magyarlóna) and Tăuți (Kolozstótfalu) and is part of the Cluj-Napoca metropolitan area, being located less than 8 km west of Cluj-Napoca on DN1.

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Benefiting from its proximity to Cluj-Napoca, the commune has seen a substantial development since the early 2000s, mainly due to several new residential developments. With 52,735 inhabitants, it was the most populous commune in Romania recorded at the 2021 census.[5]

Geography

Floreşti is located on the river Someșul Mic, in the centre of Cluj County, less than 12 km from the county capital, Cluj-Napoca, and 7 km from the commune of Gilău, on the Romanian National Road DN1.

Demographics

According to the 2021 census, the commune has 52,735 inhabitants, meaning that an increase of 131.1% was recorded since the previous census of 2011 when 22,813 inhabitants were recorded. In terms of ethnic structure, the commune's population is composed of 70.6% Romanians, 8.9% Hungarians and 1.21% Roma.

Historical population

The historical population of the entire commune as recorded by the official censuses, and projected to the present-day administrative unit, was as follows:[6][7][8]

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References

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    "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
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    "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
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    Florești in Attila Szabó (ed.), Erdély, Bánság És Partium Történeti És Közigazgatási Helységnévtára. Miercurea Ciuc, 2003, Pro-Print Könyvkiadó, ISBN 973-8468-01-9
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    "Article in Romanian German language newspaper". Allgemeine Deutsche Zeitung für Rumänien. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
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    "Florești, cea mai mare comună din România, își dublează populația în 10 ani, ajunge a doua cea mai mare localitate din județ după Cluj-Napoca, depășește Turda" (in Romanian). Actual de Cluj. 31 January 2023.
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    Tab8. Populaţia stabilă după etnie – judeţe, municipii, oraşe, comune, 2011 census results, Institutul Național de Statistică, accessed 17 February 2020.
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    Varga E. Árpád: Erdély etnikai és felekezeti statisztikája (1850-1992) Retrieved 2007-05-10
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    Transindex Recensamânt 2002 website Archived 2012-02-09 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2007-05-10
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    "Results of 2021 census". INS. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
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