Gherla
Sign in to saveGherla (; ; ) is a municipality in Cluj County, Romania (in the historical region of Transylvania). It is located from Cluj-Napoca on the river Someșul Mic, and has a population of 19,873 as of 2021. Three villages are administered by the city: Băița (formerly Chirău, and Kérő in Hungarian), Hășdate (Szamoshesdát) and Silivaș (Vizszilvás).
Key facts
- Romanian subdivision.type
- municipality
- Romanian subdivision.county
- Cluj
- Romanian subdivision.official_name
- Gherla
- Romanian subdivision.image_shield
- ROU CJ Gherla CoA1.png
- Romanian subdivision.image_flag
- ROU CJ Gherla.png
- Romanian subdivision.image_skyline
- Vedere generala a municipiului Gherla.jpg
- Romanian subdivision.image_caption
- Overview of Gherla in May 2004
- Romanian subdivision.image_map
- Gherla jud Cluj.png
- Romanian subdivision.map_caption
- Location in Cluj County
- Romanian subdivision.leader_name
- Ovidiu Drăgan
- Romanian subdivision.leader_term
- 2024–2028
- Romanian subdivision.leader_party
- PNL
- Romanian subdivision.elevation
- 250
- Romanian subdivision.area_total
- 36.3
- Romanian subdivision.population_total
- auto
- Romanian subdivision.postal_code
- 405300
- Romanian subdivision.area_code
- (+40) 02 64
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
7 sectionsContents
- History
- Demographics
- Natives
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Gherla (; ; ) is a municipality in Cluj County, Romania (in the historical region of Transylvania). It is located from Cluj-Napoca on the river Someșul Mic, and has a population of 19,873 as of 2021. Three villages are administered by the city: Băița (formerly Chirău, and Kérő in Hungarian), Hășdate (Szamoshesdát) and Silivaș (Vizszilvás).
The city was formerly known as Armenopolis ( Hayakaghak; ; ) because it was populated by Armenians.