Type: | commune |
County: | Cluj |
Ciurila | |
Subdivisions: | Ciurila, Filea de Jos, Filea de Sus, Pădureni, Pruniș, Sălicea, Săliște, Șutu |
Leader Name: | Teodor Cristinel Popa[1] |
Leader Party: | PNL |
Term: | 2020 - 2024 |
Coordinates: | 46.6508°N 23.5483°W |
Established Date: | 1327 |
Elevation: | 562 |
Area Total: | 72.22 |
Population Total: | auto |
Postal Code: | 407230 |
Area Code: | +(40) x64 |
Ciurila (Hungarian: Csurulye; German: Schiril) is a commune in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of eight villages: Ciurila, Filea de Jos (Alsófüle), Filea de Sus (Felsőfüle), Pădureni (Magyaróság), Pruniș (Magyarszilvás), Sălicea (Szelicse), Săliște (Tordaszeleste), and Șutu (Sütmeg).
Located in the south-central part of the county, the commune belongs to the Cluj-Napoca metropolitan area.
According to the census from 2002 there were 1,509 people living in this town; of this population, 97.21% were ethnic Romanians, 2.05% ethnic Roma, and 0.59% ethnic Hungarians.[2] At the 2011 census, there were 1,594 inhabitants, of which 90.65% were Romanians, 3.45% Roma, and 1.19% Hungarians. At the 2021 census, Ciurila had a population of 2,003; of those, 77.08% were Romanians, 2.75% Roma, and 2.1% Hungarians.