Florești, Cluj

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.

Florești
Commune
Location in Cluj County
Florești Location in Romania
Coordinates: 46°44′51″N 23°29′27″E
Country	Romania
County	Cluj
Subdivisions	Florești, 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
• Density	860/km2 (2,200/sq mi)
Time zone	EET/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]

Year	Total	Romanians	Hungarians	Roma
1850	3,009	1,549	1,197	227
1880	3,655	1,761	1,546	n/a
1890	4,058	2,032	1,755	n/a
1900	4,435	2,260	1,995	n/a
1910	4,702	2,420	2,044	n/a
1920	4,956	2,567	2,251	n/a
1930	5,280	2,706	2,194	327
1941	6,086	2,612	3,364	95
1956	5,586	3,060	2,231	289
1966	6,012	3,248	2,399	369
1977	6,865	3,668	2,385	809
1992	6,088	3,439	2,020	626
2002	7,470	4,516	2,057	888
2011	22,813	17,154	3,276	1,116
2021[9]	52,735	37,283	4,714	642

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.