Câmpia Turzii

Câmpia Turzii
Câmpia Turzii
Municipality
	Câmpia Turzii town hall Câmpia Turzii Central Park Câmpia Turzii railway station Câmpia Turzii town hall
	Coat of arms
	Location in Cluj County
	Câmpia Turzii Location in Romania
	Coordinates: 46°32′55″N 23°52′48″E / 46.54861°N 23.88000°E
Country	Romania
County	Cluj
Government
• Mayor (2020–2024)	Dorin Lojigan (PNL)
Area	23.78 km2 (9.18 sq mi)
Elevation	300 m (1,000 ft)
Population (2021-12-01)	20,590
• Density	870/km2 (2,200/sq mi)
Time zone	EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Postal code	405100
Area code	+40 x64
Vehicle reg.	CJ
Website	campiaturzii.ro

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 city is located in the southeastern part of the county, on the right bank of the Arieș River, at a distance of 6.7 km (4.2 mi) from Turda and 40.6 km (25.2 mi) from the county seat, Cluj-Napoca.

History

The village of Sâncrai was mentioned in a 1219 document as "villa Sancti Regis" ("village of Holy King"),^[3] while Ghiriș 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 9 August 1601.

Câmpia Turzii is the "city of adoption" of Toulouse^{[citation needed]} and a sister city of Siemianowice Śląskie.

Population

Year	Romanians	Hungarians	Romani
Ethnic composition of Câmpia Turzii
1850	49%	40%	10%
2002 census^[4]	87.03%	8.16%	4.66%
2011 census^[5]	80.93%	6.66%	5.06%
2021 census	76.42%	4.72%	3.32%

The population has evolved as follows since 1784:

1784: Ghiriș: 565; Sâncrai: 472
1850: Ghiriș: 1,168; Sâncrai: 487
1910: Ghiriș: 1,815; Sâncrai: 704
1930 census: 4,124
1948 census: 6,310
1956 census: 11,518
1977 census: 22,418
2002 census: 26,823
2011 census: 22,223
2021 census: 20,590

Military activity

The city is home to the Romanian Air Force's RoAF 71st Air Base, and during the NATO Summit of 2008, the 323rd Air Expeditionary Wing of the United States Air Force. F-15s from RAF Lakenheath in the United Kingdom flew out during the summit to augment air defence forces for the event.

In April 2015, a U.S. Air Force group of A-10 Thunderbolt attack aircraft stationed in Germany arrived at the RoAF 71st Air Base to take part in exercises with the Romanian Air Force.^[6]