Chiochiș

Commune in Bistrița-Năsăud, Romania

Chiochiș Kékes
Commune
Wooden church in Apatiu
Location in Bistrița-Năsăud County
(2020–2024)		Vasile-Adrian Silasi (PNL)
Area	91.13 km² (35.19 sq mi)
Elevation	343 m (1,125 ft)
Population (2021-12-01)^[1]	2,629
• Density	29/km² (75/sq mi)
Time zone	EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Postal code	427045
Area code	+40 x59
Vehicle reg.	BN
Website	www.chiochis.ro

Chiochiș (Hungarian: Kékes) is a commune in Bistrița-Năsăud County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of ten villages: Apatiu (Dellőapáti), Bozieș (Magyarborzás), Buza Cătun (Buzaifogadók), Chețiu (Ketel), Chiochiș, Jimbor (Szászzsombor; German: Sommer), Manic (Mányik), Sânnicoară (Aranyosszentmiklós), Strugureni (Mezőveresegyháza; Rothkirch), and Țentea (Cente).

Geography

The commune lies on the Transylvanian Plateau, on the banks of the river Apatiu and its tributary, the river Beudiu. It is located in the southwestern part of the county, on the border with Cluj County, at a distance of 27 km (17 mi) from the town of Beclean and 42 km (26 mi) from the county seat, Bistrița; the city of Gherla is 31 km (19 mi) to the west, in Cluj County.

Demographics

At the 2011 census, 73.2% of the population were Romanians, 24.1% Hungarians and 2.5% Roma. At the 2002 census, 68.7% were Romanian Orthodox, 22.1% Reformed, 4% Pentecostal, 2% Baptist, and 1.8% Greek-Catholic.

Notable people

Iuliu Prodan [ro] (1875–1959), botanist
Cornelia Filipaș (born 1926), communist politician

Places of interest

The following churches are situated in the commune:

Bozieș wooden church [ro]
Bozieș Reformed church [ro]
Buza Cătun wooden church [ro]
Manic wooden church [ro]
Strugureni wooden church [ro]
Strugureni Reformed church [ro]

On the western side of the village of Manic there is a string of lakes, set up in 1980; the lakes are rich in Prussian carp.^[2]

References

^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
^ "Invitație la drumeție. Lacurile de la Manic, înconjurate de peisaje superbe". timponline.ro (in Romanian). June 20, 2017. Retrieved December 9, 2021.