| Type: | commune |
| County: | Cluj |
| Population Total: | auto |
| Subdivisions: | Florești, Luna de Sus, Tăuți |
| Official Name: | Florești |
| Coordinates: | 46.7475°N 23.4908°W |
| Leader Name: | Bogdan-Nicolae Pivariu[1] |
| Leader Party: | PNL |
| Term: | 2020 - 2024 |
| Area Total Km2: | 61 |
| Postal Code: | 407280 |
| Area Code: | +40 x64 |
Florești (known as Feneșu Săsesc until 1924;[2] Hungarian: Szászfenes; German: Sächsisch Fenesch<ref>{{cite web |url=https://adz.ro/artikel/artikel/radweg-zwischen-klausenburg-und-saechsisch-fenesch |title=Article in Romanian German language newspaper|publisher=Allgemeine Deutsche Zeitung für Rumänien|access-date=23 December 2023 |df=dmy-all) is a commune in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Florești, Luna de Sus (Magyarlóna) and Tăuți (Kolozstótfalu) and is part of the Cluj-Napoca metropolitan area, being located less than 8 km west of Cluj-Napoca on DN1.
Benefiting from its proximity to Cluj-Napoca, the commune has seen a substantial development since the early 2000s, mainly due to several new residential developments. With 52,735 inhabitants, it was the most populous commune in Romania recorded at the 2021 census.[3]
Floreşti is located on the river Someșul Mic, in the centre of Cluj County, less than 12 km from the county capital, Cluj-Napoca, and 7 km from the commune of Gilău, on the Romanian National Road DN1.
According to the 2021 census, the commune has 52,735 inhabitants, meaning that an increase of 131.1% was recorded since the previous census of 2011 when 22,813 inhabitants were recorded. In terms of ethnic structure, the commune's population is composed of 70.6% Romanians, 8.9% Hungarians and 1.21% Roma.
The historical population of the entire commune as recorded by the official censuses, and projected to the present-day administrative unit, was as follows:[4] [5] [6]
| Year | Total | Romanians | Hungarians | Roma |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850 | 3,009 | 1,549 | 1,197 | 227 |
| 1880 | 3,655 | 1,761 | 1,546 | n/a |
| 1890 | 4,058 | 2,032 | 1,755 | n/a |
| 1900 | 4,435 | 2,260 | 1,995 | n/a |
| 1910 | 4,702 | 2,420 | 2,044 | n/a |
| 1920 | 4,956 | 2,567 | 2,251 | n/a |
| 1930 | 5,280 | 2,706 | 2,194 | 327 |
| 1941 | 6,086 | 2,612 | 3,364 | 95 |
| 1956 | 5,586 | 3,060 | 2,231 | 289 |
| 1966 | 6,012 | 3,248 | 2,399 | 369 |
| 1977 | 6,865 | 3,668 | 2,385 | 809 |
| 1992 | 6,088 | 3,439 | 2,020 | 626 |
| 2002 | 7,470 | 4,516 | 2,057 | 888 |
| 2011 | 22,813 | 17,154 | 3,276 | 1,116 |
| 2021[7] | 52,735 | 37,283 | 4,714 | 642 |