Cluj-Napoca

46°46′N 23°35′E

Cluj-Napoca
City
From left: St. Michael's Church • Romanian National Opera • Tailors' Bastion • Mihai Viteazul Square • Cluj Arena
Coat of arms
Nickname(s):  Treasure City (Romanian: orașul comoară;[1] Hungarian: kincses város)[2]
Country	Romania
County	Cluj
Metropolitan area	Cluj-Napoca metropolitan area
Status	County capital
Founded	1213 (first official record as Clus)
Government
• Mayor	Emil Boc (PNL)
• Deputy Mayor	Gheorghe Șurubaru (PNL)
• Deputy Mayor	Anna Horváth (UDMR)
Area
• City	179.5 km^2 (69.3 sq mi)
• Metro	1,537.5 km^2 (593.6 sq mi)
Elevation	340 m (1,120 ft)
Population  (2011)[4]
• City	324,576
• Estimate  (2016)[5]	321,687
• Density	1,808/km^2 (4,680/sq mi)
• Metro	411,379[3]
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code	400xyz^1
Area code	+40 x64^2
Car Plates	CJ-N^3
Website	primariaclujnapoca.ro
^1x, y, and z are digits that indicate the street, part of the street, or even the building of the address ^2x is a digit indicating the operator: 2 for the former national operator, Romtelecom, and 3 for the other ground telephone networks ^3used just on the plates of vehicles that operate only within the city limits (such as trolley buses, trams, utility vehicles, ATVs, etc.)

Cluj-Napoca (pronunciation in Romanian: /'kluʒ na'poka/ ; Hungarian: Kolozsvár; German: Klausenburg; Latin: Napoca, Castrum Clus, Claudiopolis; Yiddish: קלויזנבורג), until 1974 Cluj, is the third biggest city in Romania,^[6] and is the capital city of Cluj County, in the north-western part of Transylvania. Bucharest is about 330 kilometers away from Cluj-Napoca. About 330,000 people live in the city. It also has some famous universities and a rich history as the capital city of Transylvania.

In the west of Cluj-Napoca is the Hoia-Baciu Forest. There is a bicycle park and other sport activities like paintball, airsoft or archery.

References

1. "Portretul unui oraș" (in Romanian). Clujeanul. 21 September 2007. Archived from the original on 24 August 2010. Retrieved 2008-10-09.
2. "A kincses város" (in Hungarian). UFI. December 2004. Archived from the original on 2008-09-02. Retrieved 2008-10-09.
3. "Rezultate definitive ale Recensământului Populației și Locuințelor – 2011 – analiza". Cluj County Regional Statistics Directorate. 5 July 2013. Retrieved 2013-07-05.^{[permanent dead link]}
4. "Comunicat de presă privind rezultatele finale ale Recensământului Populației și Locuințelor – 2011". Cluj County Regional Statistics Directorate. 5 July 2013. Retrieved 2013-07-05.^{[permanent dead link]}
5. "Populaţia României pe localitati la 1 ianuarie 2016" (in Romanian). INSSE. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
6. "Populaţia la 1 iulie 2007 pe localităţi" (in Romanian). National Institute of Statistics. 2007-07-01. Archived from the original on 2008-02-11. Retrieved 2008-03-12.

Other websites

• Website of Cluj-Napoca Archived 2007-10-14 at the Wayback Machine (Romanian)
• Hungarian website of Kolozsvár Archived 2019-05-09 at the Wayback Machine
• Virtual trip of Cluj-Napoca Archived 2005-11-20 at the Wayback Machine
• Cluj-Napoca Hotels
• Events in Cluj-Napoca (Romanian)
• Mobile webcam offering a good panorama over Cluj-Napoca Archived 2005-12-01 at the Wayback Machine
• A virtual guide into the history,culture and sightseeing of Cluj-Napoca,the city in the heart of Transylvania, Romania (English)