Câmpia Turzii (; ; ) is a municipality in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania, which was formed in 1925 by the union of two villages, Ghiriș (Aranyosgyéres) and Sâncrai (Szentkirály). It was declared a town in 1950 and a city in 1998.
The city is located in the southeastern part of the county, on the right bank of the Arieș River, at a distance of from Turda and from the county seat, Cluj-Napoca.
History
The village of Sâncrai was mentioned in a 1219 document as "villa Sancti Regis" ("village of Holy King"),There were two Hungarian kings canonised by this time, Stephen I of Hungary and Ladislaus I of Hungary. Ladislaus was personally involved in several battles against Cuman invaders in this region. while Ghiriș was first documented in 1292 as "Terra Gerusteleke" ("Gerusteleke", literally meaning "plot of Gerus" in Hungarian).
Michael the Brave was murdered by agents of Giorgio Basta at the current location of Câmpia Turzii on 9 August 1601.
Population Ethnic composition of Câmpia Turzii Year Romanians Hungarians Romani185049%40%10%2002 census87.03%8.16%4.66%2011 census80.93%6.66%5.06%2021 census76.42%4.72%3.32%
The population has evolved as follows since 1784: 1784: Ghiriș: 565; Sâncrai: 472 1850: Ghiriș: 1,168; Sâncrai: 487 1910: Ghiriș: 1,815; Sâncrai: 704 1930 census: 4,124 1948 census: 6,310 1956 census: 11,518 1977 census: 22,418 2002 census: 26,823 2011 census: 22,223 2021 census: 20,590
Military activity The city is home to the Romanian Air Force's RoAF 71st Air Base, and during the NATO Summit of 2008, the 323d Air Expeditionary Wing of the United States Air Force. F-15s from RAF Lakenheath in the United Kingdom flew out during the summit to augment air defence forces for the event.
In April 2015, a U.S. Air Force group of A-10 Thunderbolt attack aircraft stationed in Germany arrived at the RoAF 71st Air Base to take part in exercises with the Romanian Air Force.
Natives Mihai Adam, footballer Andra, singer Sebastian Cojocnean, footballer Andrei Cordoș, footballer Andrei Coroian, footballer Cozmin Gușă, physicist, journalist, and politician Iuliu Jenei, footballer Cosmin Mărginean, footballer Teodor Murășanu, writer and teacher Mircea Rus, footballer Virginia Ruzici, tennis player Ioan Sabău, footballer Cristian Silvășan, footballer Cosmin Văsîie, footballer
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