Tureni

Tureni

Tureni

Commune in Cluj, Romania

For the Ukrainian village called Țureni in Romanian, see Tsuren.

Tureni (Hungarian: Tordatúr) is a commune in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Ceanu Mic (Pusztacsán), Comșești (Komjátszeg), Mărtinești (Pusztaszentmárton), Micești (Mikes), and Tureni.

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Geography

The commune lies in the northern foothills of the Apuseni Mountains, at an altitude of 541 m (1,775 ft), on the banks of the river Valea Racilor. The Turului Gorge [ro] spans a length of 1,850 m (6,070 ft), within a 25 ha (62 acres) protected area of the commune.

Tureni is located in the south-central part of the county, within the Cluj-Napoca metropolitan area, 13 km (8.1 mi) northwest of Turda and 22 km (14 mi) southeast of the county seat, Cluj-Napoca. It is crossed by national road DN1.

Demographics

At the census from 2002, there was a total population of 2,585 people living in this commune; of those, 71.64% were ethnic Romanians, 23.86% ethnic Hungarians, and 4.33% ethnic Roma.[3] At the 2011 census, there were 2,278 inhabitants, including 64.35% Romanians, 24.67% Hungarians, and 7.55% Roma. At the 2021 census, Tureni had a population of 2,264, of which 63.03% were Romanians, 19.66% Hungarians, and 9.81% Roma.[4]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
  3. [3]
    "Structura Etno-demografică a României".
  4. [4]
    "Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (in Romanian). INSSE. 31 May 2023.
  • Tureni townhall
  • Church in Tureni
  • Church in Mărtinești
  • A3 motorway near Cheile Turului
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