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Turda (Romanian pronunciation:; Hungarian: Torda, Hungarian pronunciation:; German: Thorenburg; Latin: Potaissa) is a city in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania.It is located in the southeastern part of the county, 34.2 km (21.3 mi) from the county seat, Cluj-Napoca, to which it is connected by the European route E81, and 6.7 km (4.2 mi) from nearby Câmpia Turzii.
Geography. Turda County covered 3,158 km 2 (1,219 sq mi) and was located in central western part of Greater Romania, in the western part of Transylvania.Its borders were as follows: to the north, Cluj County; to the west the counties of Bihor and Arad; to the south, the counties of Hunedoara and Alba; and to the east the counties of Târnava Mică and Mureș.
With a population of more than 47,000 inhabitants, Turda is the second largest city in Cluj County. Dej Gherla Huedin Cluj County has 5 municipalities, 1 town and 75 communes.
Torda-Aranyos County. / 46.567°N 23.783°E / 46.567; 23.783. Turda is the current name of the capital. Torda-Aranyos was an administrative county ( comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in central Romania (central Transylvania ). The capital of the county was Torda (present-day Turda ).
Turdaș ( Hungarian: Tordos, German: Tordesch) is a commune in Hunedoara County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Pricaz ( Perkász ), Râpaș ( Répás ), Spini ( Pád ), and Turdaș. Turdaș lies on the left bank of the Mureș River, which surrounds the village to the north and west. The Turdaș River discharges into ...
The Kingdom of Romania, under the rule of King Carol II, was initially a neutral country in World War II. However, Fascist political forces, especially the Iron Guard, rose in popularity and power, urging an alliance with Nazi Germany and its allies. As the military fortunes of Romania's two main guarantors of territorial integrity—France and ...
Câmpia Turzii ( Romanian pronunciation: [kɨmˌpi.a ˈturzij]; German: Jerischmarkt; Hungarian: Aranyosgyéres) is a municipality in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania, which was formed in 1925 by the union of two villages, Ghiriș ( Aranyosgyéres) and Sâncrai ( Szentkirály ). It was declared a town in 1950 and a city in 1998.
The Roma constitute one of Romania's largest minorities. According to the 2011 Romanian census, they number 621,573 people or 3.08% of the total population, being the second-largest ethnic minority in Romania after Hungarians, [21] with significant populations in Mureș (8.9%) and Călărași (7,47%) counties.