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Câmpia Turzii
—  Municipality  —
Paget castle in Câmpia Turzii
Coat of arms
Location on Romania map
Coordinates: 46°32′55″N 23°52′48″E / 46.54861°N 23.88°E / 46.54861; 23.88
Country	Romania
County	Cluj
Status	Municipality
Government
- Mayor	Vasinca Ioan (Social Democratic Party)
Area
- Total	23.78 km2 (9.2 sq mi)
Population (July 1, 2007)[1]
- Total	26,377
- Density	1,109.2/km2 (2,872.8/sq mi)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
- Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Website	http://www.campiaturzii.ro/

Câmpia Turzii (also spelled Cîmpia Turzii, German: Jerischmarkt, Hungarian: Aranyosgyéres) is a city in Cluj county, Romania, which was formed in 1925 by the union of two villages: "Ghiriş" (Hungarian: Aranyosgyéres) and "Sâncrai" (Hungarian: Szentkirály).

The village of Sâncrai was mentioneed in a 1219 document as "villa Sancti Regis" ("village of Holy King")^[2], while Ghiriş was first documented in 1292 as "Terra Gerusteleke" ("Gerusteleke", literally meaning "plot of Gerus" in Hungarian).

Michael the Brave was murdered by agents of Giorgio Basta at the current location of Câmpia Turzii on August 9, 1601.

Population

Currently the city's ethnic composition is as follows:

• Romanians : 87.14% (49% in 1850)
• Hungarians : 7.97% (40% in 1850)
• Roma : 4.57% (10% in 1850)
• Others : 0.32%

The population has evolved as follows since 1784:

• 1784: Ghiriş: 565; Sâncrai: 472
• 1850: Ghiriş: 1,168; Sâncrai: 487
• 1910: Ghiriş: 1,815; Sâncrai: 704
• 1930: 4,124
• 1948: 6,310
• 1956: 11,518
• 1977: 22,418
• 2000: 29,852

References

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