Florești, Cluj

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.

Florești
Commune
Location in Cluj County
Location in Cluj County
Florești is located in Romania
Florești
Florești
Location in Romania
Coordinates: 46°44′51″N 23°29′27″E
CountryRomania
CountyCluj
SubdivisionsFlorești, Luna de Sus, Tăuți
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2024) Bogdan-Nicolae Pivariu[1] (PNL)
Area
61 km2 (24 sq mi)
Population
 (2021-12-01)[2]
52,735
 • Density860/km2 (2,200/sq mi)
Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Postal code
407280
Area code+40 x64
Vehicle reg.CJ

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]

YearTotalRomaniansHungariansRoma
18503,0091,5491,197227
18803,6551,7611,546n/a
18904,0582,0321,755n/a
19004,4352,2601,995n/a
19104,7022,4202,044n/a
19204,9562,5672,251n/a
19305,2802,7062,194327
19416,0862,6123,36495
19565,5863,0602,231289
19666,0123,2482,399369
19776,8653,6682,385809
19926,0883,4392,020626
20027,4704,5162,057888
201122,81317,1543,2761,116
2021[9]52,73537,2834,714642

References
  1. "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  2. "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
  3. Florești in Attila Szabó (ed.), Erdély, Bánság És Partium Történeti És Közigazgatási Helységnévtára. Miercurea Ciuc, 2003, Pro-Print Könyvkiadó, ISBN 973-8468-01-9
  4. "Article in Romanian German language newspaper". Allgemeine Deutsche Zeitung für Rumänien. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  5. "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.
  6. Tab8. Populaţia stabilă după etnie – judeţe, municipii, oraşe, comune, 2011 census results, Institutul Național de Statistică, accessed 17 February 2020.
  7. Varga E. Árpád: Erdély etnikai és felekezeti statisztikája (1850-1992) Retrieved 2007-05-10
  8. Transindex Recensamânt 2002 website Archived 2012-02-09 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2007-05-10
  9. "Results of 2021 census". INS. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
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