Așchileu Explained

Type:	commune
County:	Cluj
Population Total:	auto
Subdivisions:	Așchileu Mare, Așchileu Mic, Cristorel, Dorna, Fodora
Așchileu
Coordinates:	46.9833°N 23.4842°W
Leader Name:	Ana Cighir^[1]
Leader Party:	PNL
Term:	2020 - 2024
Established Date:	1320
Area Total Km2:	65.12
Postal Code:	407046
Area Code:	+40 x64

Așchileu (Hungarian: Esküllő; German: Gross-Schwalbendorf) is a commune in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Așchileu Mare (the commune center; Nagyesküllő), Așchileu Mic (Kisesküllő), Cristorel (Ördögkeresztúr), Dorna (Dorna) and Fodora (Magyarfodorháza).

After the death of Gelou, the peace between the Romanians and Tuhum, the leader of the Hungarian invaders in the 10th century, was arranged at Așchileu.^[2]

Demographics

According to the 2002 census, Romanians made up 83.7% of the population, Hungarians made up 10.86% and Roma made up 5.43%.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results of the 2020 local elections . Central Electoral Bureau . 11 June 2021 . dmy-all.
2. Ioan-Aurel Pop, "Rădăcinile medievale ale regiunii (provinciei) istorice Transilvania : (secolele IX-XIII)", p. 150, in Economia regională: ipostaze rurale şi urbane, ed. Iosif Marin Balog, Rudolf Gräf, Ioan Lumperdean. Presa Universitară Clujeană, Cluj-Napoca, 2011
3. http://www.edrc.ro/recensamant.jsp?regiune_id=2140&judet_id=2295&localitate_id=2306 2002 census data for Aşchileu Mare, Cluj