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{{Infobox Romanian subdivision
|type               = commune
|county             = Cluj
|name               = Ciucea
|subdivisions       = Ciucea, Vânători
|image_flag         =
|image_shield       = 
|image_skyline      = Ciucea castle, Cluj County, Romania.jpg
|image_caption      = The Ciucea castle
|image_map          = Ciucea jud Cluj.png
|map_caption        = Location in Cluj County
|leader_name        = Radu-Florin Abrudan<ref>{{cite web |url=https://prezenta.roaep.ro/locale27092020/romania-pv-final |title=Results of the 2020 local elections |publisher=Central Electoral Bureau |access-date=11 June 2021 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|leader_party       = PNL
|term               = 2020&ndash;2024
|coordinates        = {{coord|46|57|13|N|22|48|27|E|type:commune_region:RO|display=inline,title}}
|established_date   = 1384
|elevation          = 435
|elevation_min      = 
|elevation_max      = 
|area_total         = 46.56
|area_footnotes     = 
|population_as_of   = 
|population_total   = auto
|postal_code        = 407225
|area_code          = +40 x64
|website            = {{URL|https://primariaciucea.ro/}}
|footnotes          = 
}}

'''Ciucea''' ({{IPA|ro|ˈtʃjutʃe̯a|lang}}; {{langx|hu|Csucsa}} {{IPA|hu|ˈt͡ʃut͡ʃɒ|}}; {{langx|de|Tschetsch}}) is a commune of [[Cluj County]], [[Transylvania]], [[Romania]], situated {{cvt|20|km}} northwest of [[Huedin]] on the right bank of the [[Crișul Repede|Crișul Repede River]]. It is composed of two villages, Ciucea and Vânători (''Börvény''). It also included three other villages from 1968 to 2002, when these were split off to form [[Negreni, Cluj|Negreni]] Commune.

[[Endre Ady]] lived in the Castle during World War I, when it was owned by the family of his wife Berta Boncza.

The [[Octavian Goga]] Memorial House is located in Ciucea.

== Demographics ==
{{Historical populations
|source = Census data
|2002 |1745
|2011 |1547
|2021 |1293
}}
According to the [[Demographics of Romania|census from 2002]] there were 1,745 people living in this commune; of this population, 99.23% were ethnic [[Romanians]], 0.61% ethnic [[Hungarians in Romania|Hungarians]], and 0.09% ethnic [[Romani people in Romania|Roma]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.edrc.ro/recensamant.jsp?regiune_id=2140&judet_id=2295&localitate_id=2325|title = Structura Etno-demografică a României}}</ref> At the [[2021 Romanian census|2021 census]], the population of Ciucea had decreased to 1,293; of those, 92.58% were Romanians.<ref name="RPL2021">{{cite web|url=https://www.recensamantromania.ro/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Tabel-1.03_1.3.1-si-1.03.2.xls|title=Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021|publisher=[[National Institute of Statistics (Romania)|INSSE]]|language=ro|date=31 May 2023}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Battle of Ciucea]]

==References==
*''Atlasul localităților județului Cluj'' (Cluj County Localities Atlas), Suncart Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca, {{ISBN|973-86430-0-7}}

==Notes==
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{{Gallery
|Image:Ciucea castle - Ady Endre house 3.JPG|The Ady Endre House
|Image:Csucsa church1.jpg|The [[Reformed Church in Romania|Reformed]] church in Ciucea
|File:CiuceaCJ (45).jpg|Gălpâia wooden church in Ciucea
|File:The entrance pavillion of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary Monastery in Ciucea 03.jpg|The entrance pavilion of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary Monastery in Ciucea
}}

{{Cluj County}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Communes in Cluj County]]
[[Category:Localities in Transylvania]]


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