Chiochiș

Template:Infobox Romanian subdivision Chiochiș (Template:Langx) is a commune in Bistrița-Năsăud County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of ten villages: Apatiu (Dellőapáti), Bozieș (Magyarborzás), Buza Cătun (Buzaifogadók), Chețiu (Ketel), Chiochiș, Jimbor (Szászzsombor; Template:Langx), Manic (Mányik), Sânnicoară (Aranyosszentmiklós), Strugureni (Mezőveresegyháza; Rothkirch), and Țentea (Cente).

Geography

The commune lies on the Transylvanian Plateau, on the banks of the river Apatiu and its tributary, the river Beudiu. It is located in the southwestern part of the county, on the border with Cluj County, at a distance of Template:Cvt from the town of Beclean and Template:Cvt from the county seat, Bistrița; the city of Gherla is Template:Cvt to the west, in Cluj County.

Demographics

At the 2011 census, 73.2% of the population were Romanians, 24.1% Hungarians and 2.5% Roma. At the 2002 census, 68.7% were Romanian Orthodox, 22.1% Reformed, 4% Pentecostal, 2% Baptist, and 1.8% Greek-Catholic.

Notable people

• Template:Ill (1875–1959), botanist
• Cornelia Filipaș (born 1926), communist politician

Places of interest

The following churches are situated in the commune:

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On the western side of the village of Manic there is a string of lakes, set up in 1980; the lakes are rich in Prussian carp.