Florești, Cluj
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::data[format=table title="Infobox Romanian subdivision"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| type | commune |
| county | Cluj |
| official_name | Florești |
| subdivisions | Florești, Luna de Sus, Tăuți |
| image_shield | ROU CJ Floresti CoA.PNG |
| image_skyline | Viev of Florești, Cluj County.jpg |
| image_map | Floresti jud Cluj.png |
| map_caption | Location in Cluj County |
| leader_name | Bogdan-Nicolae Pivariu |
| leader_party | PNL |
| term | 2024–2028 |
| coordinates | |
| elevation | 371 |
| area_total | 61.29 |
| population_total | auto |
| postal_code | 407280 |
| area_code | +(40) x64 |
| website | |
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|type = commune |county = Cluj |official_name = Florești |subdivisions = Florești, Luna de Sus, Tăuți |image_flag = |image_shield = ROU CJ Floresti CoA.PNG |image_skyline = Viev of Florești, Cluj County.jpg |image_caption = |image_location = |image_map = Floresti jud Cluj.png |map_caption = Location in Cluj County |leader_name = Bogdan-Nicolae Pivariu |leader_party = PNL |term = 2024–2028 |established_date = |coordinates = |elevation = 371 |elevation_min = |elevation_max = |area_total = 61.29 |area_footnotes = |population_as_of = |population_total = auto |population_footnotes = |postal_code = 407280 |area_code = +(40) x64 |website = Florești (known as Feneșu Săsesc until 1924; ; ) 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.
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.
Geography
Florești 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:
::data[format=table] | Year||Total||Romanians||Hungarians||Roma | |---| | 1850 | | 1880 | | 1890 | | 1900 | | 1910 | | 1920 | | 1930 | | 1941 | | 1956 | | 1966 | | 1977 | | 1992 | | 2002 | | 2011 | | 2021 | ::
References
|File:Floresti Biserica romano catolica (3).JPG|Roman-Catholic church in Florești |File:LunaDeSusCJ (3).JPG|Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel Church in Luna de Sus |File:LunaDeSusCJ (8).JPG|Reformed church in Luna de Sus |File:TautiCJ (115).jpg|Archangels' wooden church in Tăuți
References
- "Primar". Florești town hall.
- [https://www.arcanum.com/hu/online-kiadvanyok/ErdelyHelysegnevTar-erdely-bansag-es-partium-torteneti-es-kozigazgatasi-helysegnevtara-1/telepulesek-1C9/f-99C/floresti-A2D/ Florești] in Attila Szabó (ed.), ''Erdély, Bánság És Partium Történeti És Közigazgatási Helységnévtára''. Miercurea Ciuc, 2003, Pro-Print Könyvkiadó, {{ISBN. 973-8468-01-9
- "Article in Romanian German language newspaper". Allgemeine Deutsche Zeitung für Rumänien.
- (31 January 2023). "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". Actual de Cluj.
- [http://www.recensamantromania.ro/rezultate-2/ Tab8. Populaţia stabilă după etnie – judeţe, municipii, oraşe, comune], 2011 census results, [[National Institute of Statistics (Romania). Institutul Național de Statistică]], accessed 17 February 2020.
- [http://varga.adatbank.transindex.ro/?pg=3&action=etnik&id=4835 Varga E. Árpád: ''Erdély etnikai és felekezeti statisztikája (1850-1992)''] Retrieved 2007-05-10
- link. (2012-02-09 Retrieved 2007-05-10)
- "Results of 2021 census". INS.
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