Mărgău

Commune in Cluj, Romania

46°44′35″N 22°57′51″E / 46.74306°N 22.96417°E / 46.74306; 22.96417CountryRomaniaCountyClujSubdivisionsBociu, Buteni, Ciuleni, Mărgău, Răchițele, Scrind-FrăsinetArea

211.68 km² (81.73 sq mi)Population

(2021-12-01)^[1]

1,363 • Density6.4/km² (17/sq mi)Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)Vehicle reg.CJ

Mărgău (German: Meregau; Hungarian: Meregyó) is a commune in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Bociu (Bocs), Buteni (Kalotabökény), Ciuleni (Incsel), Mărgău, Răchițele (Havasrekettye) and Scrind-Frăsinet (Kőrizstető).

Răchițele village is the birthplace of former Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc, currently Mayor of Cluj-Napoca, while Mărgău village is the birthplace of Iosif Capotă, a noted anti-communist resistance fighter from the early Communist era.

Mărgău is notable for the Gumuțeasca, an argot spoken in the commune created by the natives to speak between each other without outsiders understanding them when travelling around the country to sell their glass products, a traditional profession of the commune.^[2]^[3]

Geography

Mărgău is in an area dominated by the Vlădeasa Massif [ro].

Demographics

According to the census from 2002 there was a total population of 1,869 people living in this commune. Of this population, 99.62% are ethnic Romanians, 0.26% are ethnic Hungarians and 0.10% ethnic Romani.^[4]

Natives

References

Atlasul localităților județului Cluj (Cluj County Localities Atlas), Suncart Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca, ISBN 973-86430-0-7

^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
^ Arjocu, Florin (29 June 2020). "Satul din România unde se vorbește o limbă secretă. Tălăuzeşti gumuțeasca?". Știri România (in Romanian).
^ Florea, Sorin (1 June 2020). "Care este satul din România unde se vorbește o limbă secretă?". Shtiu (in Romanian).
^ "Structura Etno-demografică a României".