Cleja

Commune in Bacău, Romania

(2020–2024) Petru Iștoc^[1] (PNL)Population

(2021-12-01)^[2]

5,320Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)Vehicle reg.BC

Cleja (Hungarian: Klézse) is a commune in Bacău County, Western Moldavia, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Cleja, Somușca (Somoska) and Valea Mică (Pokolpatak).

In 2011, the commune had a population of 6621: 94.41% ethnic Romanians, 2.43% Hungarians and Csangos. At the 2002 census, 97.8% of residents were Roman Catholic, 1.6% Romanian Orthodox and 0.2% Pentecostal.

References

^ "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.