Unguraș () is a commune in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Batin (Bátony), Daroț (Daróc), Sicfa (Székfa), Unguraș, and Valea Ungurașului (Csabaújfalu).
Geography The commune lies on the Transylvanian Plateau, on the banks of the river Bandău, a right tributary of the Someșul Mic. It is located in the northeastern part of the county, on the border with Bistrița-Năsăud County, at a distance of from the city of Dej and from the county seat, Cluj-Napoca.
Unguraș borders the following communes: Braniștea to the north, Nușeni to the east (both in Bistrița-Năsăud County), Sânmartin to the south, and Mintiu Gherlii and Mica to the west (the last three in Cluj County). The commune is crossed by county road DJ161D, which starts in Valea Ungurașului and ends in Dej.
The Unguraș Fortress The was built after the Mongol invasion of 1241–1242, and was first attested in 1269. The ruins of the fortress (listed as monument istoric) are located on top of the nearby Fortress Hill; a small monument has been placed there in 1996.
Demographics At the 2011 census, the commune had 2,777 inhabitants, of which 61.5% were Hungarians, 35.7% Romanians, and 1.5% Roma.Tab8. Populația stabilă după etnie – județe, municipii, orașe, comune, 2011 census results, Institutul Național de Statistică, accessed 17 February 2020. At the 2021 census, Unguraș had a population of 2,443; of those, 59.72% were Hungarians, 35.69% Romanians, and 2.37% Roma.
Natives Ioan Oltean (born 1953), lawyer and politician
References
Atlasul localităților județului Cluj (Cluj County Localities Atlas), Suncart Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca,