Florești (known as Feneșu Săsesc until 1924;Florești in Attila Szabó (ed.), Erdély, Bánság És Partium Történeti És Közigazgatási Helységnévtára. Miercurea Ciuc, 2003, Pro-Print Könyvkiadó, ; ) 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 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.
Geography Florești 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.
Demographics 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.
Historical population The historical population of the entire commune as recorded by the official censuses, and projected to the present-day administrative unit, was as follows:Tab8. Populaţia stabilă după etnie – judeţe, municipii, oraşe, comune, 2011 census results, Institutul Național de Statistică, accessed 17 February 2020.Varga E. Árpád: Erdély etnikai és felekezeti statisztikája (1850-1992) Retrieved 2007-05-10Transindex Recensamânt 2002 website Retrieved 2007-05-10
YearTotalRomaniansHungariansRoma18503,0091,5491,1972271880 3,6551,7611,546n/a18904,0582,0321,755n/a19004,4352,2601,995n/a19104,7022,4202,044n/a19204,9562,5672,251n/a19305,2802,7062,19432719416,0862,6123,3649519565,5863,0602,23128919666,0123,2482,39936919776,8653,6682,38580919926,0883,4392,02062620027,4704,5162,057888201122,81317,1543,2761,116202152,73537,2834,714642
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