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Coordinates: 46°46′N, 23°35′E

Cluj-Napoca
Coat of arms
Location of Cluj-Napoca
Coordinates: 46°46′N 23°35′E / 46.767, 23.583
Country	Romania
County	Cluj County
Status	County capital
Founded	1213 (first official record as Cluj)
Government
- Mayor	Emil Boc (Democratic Party)
- Deputy-Mayor	Adrian Popa (National Liberal Party)
- Deputy-Mayor	Boros János (UDMR)
Area
- County capital	179.5 km² (69.3 sq mi)
Population (2002)311,391 (as of January 1, 2007)
- County capital	318,027
- Density	1,771/km² (4,586.9/sq mi)
- Metro	400,000
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
- Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal Code	400xyz1
Area code(s)	+40 x642
Twin Cities
- Cologne	Germany
- Athens	Greece
- Dijon  - Nantes	France  France
- Cervia	Italy
- São Paulo	Brazil
- Columbia  - East Lansing  - Rockford	United States  United States  United States
- Zagreb  - Pécs  - Korçë  - Makati  - Chacao Municipality  - Suwon  - Zhengzhou  - Beersheba	Croatia  Hungary  Albania  Philippines  Venezuela  South Korea  People's Republic of China  Israel
Car Plates	CJ-N3
1x, y, and z are digits that indicate the street, part of the street, or eaven the building of the address 2x is a digit indicating the operator: 2 for the former national operator, Romtelecom, and 3 for the other ground telephone networks 3used only on the plates of the vehicles that operate only in the city limits (like trolleys, trams, utilitary vehicles, ATVs, etc.)
Website: http://www.primariaclujnapoca.ro

Cluj-Napoca (pronunciation in Romanian: /'kluʒ na'poka/; German: Klausenburg; Hungarian: Kolozsvár; Latin: Napoca, Castrum Clus, Claudiopolis), until 1974 Cluj, is the second largest city in Romania,^[1] seat of Cluj County, in north-western Transylvania. It lies some 426 km north-west of Bucharest, in the valley of the Someşul Mic river and it used to be the capital of the historical province of Transylvania.

The municipality (Municipiul Cluj-Napoca) has a population of 311,400. The population of the Cluj-Napoca metropolitan area, as proposed by the current project is estimated at 360,000. Finally the population of the influence area (periurban area) counts over 400 thousand residents.^[2] The metropolitan area of Cluj-Napoca should be functional as early as June 2008.^[3] According to an official in the City Hall, the total population of the city is high as 504,000, including students and other non-residents (Romanian flotanţi).^[4]

The municipal border covers a relatively small area, of 179,52 km². According to estate experts, because of the development of the infrastructure, localities (comune) like Feleacu, Vâlcele, Mărtineşti, Jucu and Baciu will eventually become neighbourhoods of the city, therefore enlarging its area.^[5]

Cluj-Napoca is today one of the most important academic, cultural, industrial and business centres in Romania. Among others, it hosts the largest university in the country, Babeş-Bolyai University, state-renowned cultural instutions, as well as the largest Romanian-owned commercial bank.

Contents 1 Etymology 2 History 3 Politics 4 Population 4.1 Population dynamics 4.2 Famous natives/inhabitants of Cluj 5 Administration 5.1 Cluj-Napoca administrative areas 5.2 City hall 5.3 Prefecture and County Board 6 Arts and culture 7 Economy 8 Transport 8.1 Air 8.2 Rail 8.3 Road 8.4 Public transport 9 Education 10 Modern architecture 11 Sports teams 11.1 Football (soccer) 11.2 Basketball 11.3 Handball 11.4 Rugby 11.5 Volleyball 11.6 Waterpolo 11.7 Women's soccer 12 Foreign relations 12.1 Sister cities 12.2 Legations 13 Tourism 13.1 Main sights 14 Gallery 15 See also 16 External links 17 Notes

The first written mention of its name was in 1213 under the Latin name Castrum Clus. However CLUS as a county name appeared earlier in 1173 as Thomas comes Clusiensis.

There are several theories concerning the origin of the name:

• The word Clus means "closed" in Latin, and is related to the hills that surround the city.
• from the Slavic kluè (meaning key)
• from German, either from the name Klaus, or from the word Klause (meaning mountain pass, or weir - from clusa).
• from its first magistrate Miklos/Miklus/Kolos -> Klus

The Hungarian form was recorded first time in 1246: Kulusuar; 1250: Culuswar; 1275: Clwsuar; 1297: Cluswar; 1299 Klusvar; 1315 Clusuar; 1332: Koloswar.

In 1348 appeared its Saxon name Clusenburg, Clusenbvrg, since 1408 the form Clausenburg was used.

The first Romanian name of the city was Cluş, also written as Klus.

Klausenburg was one of the seven medieval fortified Saxon cities of Siebenbürgen (meaning seven fortresses) in Transylvania. The city appears mostly under this name on maps of Austria-Hungary.

The city became known by the Romanian variant name Cluj after becoming part of the Kingdom of Romania in 1918. The city's name was changed to Cluj-Napoca in 1974 by the Romanian Communist authorities.

Main article: History of Cluj-Napoca

After the Roman Empire conquered Dacia at the beginning of the 2nd century, Trajan established a legion camp known as Napoca. Hadrian raised Napoca to the status of a municipium, naming it Municipium Aelium Hadrianum Napoca. The locality was later raised to the status of a colonia, probably during the reign of Marcus Aurelius. Napoca became a provincial capital of Provincia Porolissensis and the seat of a procurator.

In the 10th century, the region was conquered by the Magyars (Hungarians) and became part of the Kingdom of Hungary. The Mongol invasion destroyed the old plank fortress and also the surrounding village. A new castle and a village was built in a new place (present-day Memorandului and Emil Isac street) in the late 13th century. Crown Prince Stephen Duke of Transylvania encouraged the Transylvanian Saxons to settle down in the new village in 1272.

In 1270 Kuluzsvar (the castle and the village) was donated (so thus degraded) to the bishopric of Transylvania. In 1316 received town privileges from Charles I of Hungary and to the memory of this event they began building the Saint Michael Church. In 1331 the voivode of Transylvania lost his supremacy over Kuluzsvar. Kolozsvar-Klausenburg became a free royal city in 1405. By this time the number of Saxon and Hungarian inhabitants was equal, and King Matthias Corvinus (born in Klausenburg in 1440) ordered that the office of the chief judge should be alternating between Hungarians and Saxons.

In 1541 Klausenburg became part of the independent Principality of Transylvania after the Ottoman Turks occupied the Hungarian Kingdom. Although Alba Iulia served as political capital for the princes of Siebenbürgen (Transylvania), Klausenburg was the main cultural and religious centre for the principality. Prince Stefan Batory founded a Jesuit academy in Klausenburg in 1581. Between 1545 and 1570 large numbers of Germans (Saxons) left the city due to the introduction of Unitarian doctrines.^{[citation needed]} The remaining assimilated with Hungarians, and the city became a centre for Hungarian nobility and intellectuals. With the Treaty of Karlowitz in 1699, Klausenburg became part of the Habsburg Monarchy.

The first Hungarian-language newspaper was published in Klausenburg in 1791, and the first Hungarian theatrical company was established in 1792. In 1798, the city was heavily damaged by a fire.

From 1790-1848 and 1861-1867, Klausenburg was the capital of the Grand Principality of Siebenbürgen within the Austrian Empire; the city was also the seat of the Transylvanian diets. Beginning in 1830, the city became the centre of the Hungarian national movement within the principality. During the Revolutions of 1848, Klausenburg was taken and garrisoned in December by Hungarians under the command of the Polish general Józef Bem.

After the Ausgleich (compromise) which created Austria-Hungary in 1867, Klausenburg and Transylvania were again integrated into the Kingdom of Hungary. During this time, Kolozsvár was among the largest and most important cities of the kingdom, and was the seat of Kolozs County. On September 26, 1895, the Emperor Franz Joseph visited nearby Bánffy-Hunyad following the end of the Hungarian Army manoeuvres in Transylvania and was given an enthusiastic welcome by the townspeople, who built an arch decorated with the region's flowers and plants for the occasion.^[6] In 1897, the Hungarian government decided that only Hungarian place names should be used and therefore prohibited the use of the German or Romanian versions of the city's name in official government documents.^[7]

As a consequence of the Treaty of Trianon after World War I, Cluj, along with the rest of Transylvania, was transferred to the Kingdom of Romania. In 1940, Cluj and a large part of Transylvania was given back to Hungary through the Second Vienna Award by the nazi and fascist leaders of the time; but in October 1944 the Hungarian and German forces in the city withdrew in front of the Soviet and Romanian armies. All of Transylvania, including Cluj, was restored to the Kingdom of Romania by the Treaty of Paris in 1947.

Cluj had 16,763 inhabitants of Jewish ancestry in 1941. After the Germans occupied Hungary in March 1944 and established a more pro-nazi government there, the Jews of Cluj were forced into ghettos under conditions of intense overcrowding and practically no facilities.

Liquidation of the ghetto occurred through six deportations to Auschwitz between May and June 1944. Despite facing severe sanctions from the Hungarian administration of Horthy, many Jews escaped across the border to Romania with the assistance of the inhabitants of neighboring villages. They were then able to flee Europe from the Romanian Black Sea port of Constanţa. Other Jews originating from East European countries were helped to escape from Europe by an Anti-Nazi group led by the Jewish Joint and Romanian politicians in Cluj and Bucharest. The leader of this network, between 1943 and 1944, was Raoul Şorban.

Hungarians remained the majority of the city's population until the 1960s, when Romanians began to outnumber Hungarians. According to the 1966 census, the city's population of 185,663 was composed of 56% Romanians and 41% Hungarians. Until 1974 the official Romanian name of the city was Cluj. It was renamed to Cluj-Napoca by the Communist government to recognize it as the site of the Roman colony Napoca.

Following the Romanian Revolution of 1989, the nationalist politician Gheorghe Funar became mayor and ruled for the next 12 years. His tenure was marked by strong Romanian nationalism and anti-Hungarian ideas. A number of public art projects were undertaken by the city with the aim of highlighting Romanian symbols of the city, most of them regarded by Hungarian ethnics as a way of obscuring the city's Hungarian ancestry. In June 2004 Gheorghe Funar was voted out of office. He was replaced by Emil Boc of the Democratic Party. The laws on municipal bilingualism have not been applied in administration as the 2002 city census showed less than 20% Hungarians.

In 1994 and 2000, Cluj-Napoca hosted the Central European Olympiad in Informatics (CEOI). It thus made Romania not only the first country to have hosted the CEOI, but also the first country to have hosted it a second time.

The city is known in Hasidic Jewish history for the founding of the Sanz-Klausenburg dynasty.

Main article: Politics of Cluj-Napoca

The mayor of Cluj-Napoca is Emil Boc, the leader of the Democratic Party, ex-FSN.

The Cluj-Napoca Municipal Council, elected in the 2004 local government elections, is made up of 27 councillors, with the following party composition:

	Party	Seats	Current Council
	Justice and Truth Alliance	12
	Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania	6
	Social Democratic Party	5
	Greater Romania Party	3
	Independents	1

The most important parties at Cluj are Partidul Naţional Liberal, Partidul Democrat (ex-FSN), Partidul Social Democrat, Partidul Naţional Ţărănesc Creştin-Democrat (PNŢCD), Partidul România Mare, Uniunea Democratǎ a Maghiarilor din România, Partidul Conservator

From the Middle Ages onwards, the city of Cluj has been a multicultural city with a diverse cultural and religious life. As of 2002 the city's population was 317,953 (ranked third in Romania after the capital Bucharest and Iaşi). The 2007 data published by the National Statistics Institute of Romania puts this figure at 311,400, ranking the city of Cluj-Napoca second only to the capital of Bucharest. Moreover, according to an official in the City Hall, the total population of the city is high as 504,000, including students and other non-residents (Romanian flotanţi).^[4]

The ethnic composition, according to the 2002 census, is:

• 252,433 Romanians (79.4%)
• 60,287 Hungarians (18.8%)
• 1% Roma, 0.23% Germans and 0.06% Jews.

According to the latest demographic data, from the National Statistics Bureau, the population of Cluj was 311,400 inhabitants in June 2007, and the ethnic composition was 80,8% Romanians, 17,1% Hungarians and 2,1% other ethnic groups, including Jews, Germans, Arabs and a few other.

Official Censuses show the following population dynamics:

• 1850: || 19 612 (Romanians: 21.0%, Hungarians: 62.8%)
• 1880: ||| 32 831 (Romanians: 17.1%, Hungarians: 72.1%)
• 1890: |||| 37 184 (Romanians: 15.2%, Hungarians: 79.1%)
• 1900: ||||| 50 908 (Romanians: 14.1%, Hungarians: 81.1%)
• 1910: |||||| 62 733 (Romanians: 14.2%, Hungarians: 81.6%) (After Transylvania united with Romania in 1918-1920, an exile of Hungarian inhabitants occurred. Also the city grew and many people moved to the town from the surrounding area and Cluj county, populated largely by Romanians).
• 1920: ||||||||| 85 509 (Romanians: 34.7%, Hungarians: 49.3%)
• 1930: |||||||||| 103 840 (Romanians: 35.7%, Hungarians: 46.5%) (In August 1940, as the second Vienna Award transferred the northern half of Transylvania to Hungary, an exile of Romanian inhabitants occurred.)
• 1941: ||||||||||| 114 984 (Romanians: 9.8%, Hungarians 85.7%)(The 1941 Hungarian census is considered unreliable by most historians. In 1941, Cluj had 16,763 Jews. They were forced into ghettos in 1944 by the Hungarian forces and deported to Auschwitz between May and June 1944.)
• 1948: |||||||||||| 117 915 (Romanians: 40%, Hungarians: 57%)
• 1956: ||||||||||||||| 154 723 (Romanians: 47.8%, Hungarians: 47.9%) (In the sixties a very strong policy of Industrialization started. Many people from the surrounding rural areas (largely Romanian) were moved into the city. As a consequence, for the first time in its long history, Cluj had a Romanian majority.)
• 1966: ||||||||||||||||||| 185 663 (Romanians: 56.5%, Hungarians: 41.4%)
• 1977: |||||||||||||||||||||||||| 262 858 (Romanians: 65.8%, Hungarians: 32.8%)
• 1992: ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 328 602 (Romanians: 76.6%, Hungarians: 22.7%)
• 2002: |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 318 027 (Romanians: 79.4%, Hungarians: 19.0%)

Source: (Hungarian) Varga E. Árpád: Ethnical and religious statistics for Transylvania

• Ion Agârbiceanu - novelist
• Bartolomeu Valeriu Anania - Orthodox bishop
• Oana Ban - gymnast and Olympic Champion
• Dezső Bánffy - prime minister of Hungary
• Miklós Bánffy - politician and novelist
• Lucian Blaga - philosopher, poet
• István Bocskay - prince of Transylvania
• János Bolyai - mathematician
• Alexandru Borza - scientist, founder of the Botanical Garden
• Moshe Carmilly-Weinberger - chief Rabbi of Cluj
• The Cheeky Girls - pop duo
• Corneliu Coposu - politician (National Peasants' Party)
• Doina Cornea - anti-communist dissident, human rights activist and politician (National Peasants' Party)
• Mathias Corvinus - King of Hungary
• Eugen S. Cucerzan - professor and philosopher
• Hadrian Daicoviciu - professor and historian
• Ferenc Dávid - Protestant reformer, founder of the Unitarian Church in Transylvania
• Horia Demian - basketball player
• Gheorghe Dima - composer, musician, professor
• Gheorghe Funar - nationalist politician (Greater Romania Party)
• Onisifor Ghibu - historian, moralist, politician
• Ionel Haiduc - professor, President of the Romanian Academy
• Yekusiel Yehudah Halberstam - Founding Grand Rebbe of the Klausenberg Chassidic Dynasty
• Emil Haţieganu - politician
• Iuliu Haţieganu - scientist, doctor, politician (National Peasants' Party)
• Iuliu Hossu - Greek-Catholic cardinal, participant at the Alba Iulia National Assembly on December 1, 1918
• Antal Kagerbauer, architect
• Ioan Lupaş - historian, theologist, politician, member of the Romanian Academy, representative in the Alba Iulia National Assembly
• Iuliu Maniu - politician (National Peasants' Party)
• Andrei Marga - politician and philosopher
• Iuliu Merca - artist
• Crişan Mircioiu - doctor and professor
• Ion Moina - athlete (sprint runner), and physical education Professor
• Dorinel Munteanu - football player
• Gheorghe Mureşan - basketball player
• Ioan Gyuri Pascu - artist
• Ştefan Pascu - historian, professor
• Florin Piersic - actor
• David Prodan - historian,professor
• Emil Racoviţă - biologist, speleologist and explorer
• Ion Raţiu - politician (National Peasants' Party)
• Sándor Reményik - poet
• Dumitru D. Roşca - philosopher
• Stefan Ruha - violinist
• Ioan Ovidiu Sabău - football player
• Raoul Cornel Toma Şorban - art historian and professor, holder of the Righteous Among the Nations title
• István Szamosközy - historian
• Alexandru Vaida-Voevod - politician,(National Peasants' Party)

The city contains over 15 districts, some of them with their own local administrative structure (townhall). The city townhall intend to develop local administrative structures for most of the districts.

• Andrei Mureşanu
• Bulgaria
• Bună Ziua
• Centru
• Dâmbul Rotund
• Gheorgheni
• Grădinile Mănăştur
• Grigorescu
• Gruia
• Iris
• Între Lacuri
• Mănăştur
• Mărăşti
• Someşeni
• Zorilor

Because of the last years' massive city development, in 2005 some areas of Cluj were named as districts. Most of them are still building yards:

• Sopor district, placed in Sopor colony area.
• Borhanci district, placed in Borhanci colony area.
• Becaş district, placed in Becaş colony area.
• Făget district, placed in Făget colony area.
• Zorilor South district, placed in Observatorului South area.

Beside these, there are some other building areas like Tineretului, Lombului or Oser, which are likely to become districts in the following years.

Main article: List of mayors of Cluj-Napoca

The mayor of Cluj is the Democrat Emil Boc. The city's vice mayors are Adrian Popa (PNL) and Boros János (UDMR). The local governing coalition is made up of PNL, PD and UDMR members.

The two institutions administration board was decided after 2004 alections:

• Prefect: Cǎlin Platon (none; PNL, until 2006)
• County Board: Marius-Petre Nicoară (PNL)

An important cultural centre, Cluj-Napoca has many museums, theatres, and the like.

The Lucian Blaga National Theatre, opened on 1 December 1919 in Avram Iancu Square, is the most important theatre in Transylvania. The building, designed by the Austrian architects Helmer and Fellner was built in 1904-1906 to house the Hungarian National Theatre. The building also hosts the Romanian Opera, the oldest lyrics and dramatics institution in Romania. The Hungarian Theatre and Opera in Cluj was moved in 1919 to a smaller building where it remains to this day.

In the Bánffy Palace, where the National Art Museum is located, many notable artists are on display: Romanian painters Nicolae Grigorescu, Ştefan Luchian, and Dimitrie Paciurea, as well as foreign painters such as Constantin David Rosenthal or Karl Storck. Other museums: include the National Transylvanian History Museum, the Pharmacy Museum, the Village Museum, and the Geology and the Zoological Museum.

In Cluj-Napoca there are also the following foreign culture centres:

• French Cultural Centre
• J.F. Kennedy American Cultural Center
• British Cultural Centre
• German Cultural Centre
• Italian Cultural Centre
• The Japanese Centre of Art and Culture
• Indian Cultural Centre

Since 1955 Cluj has also hosted the Transylvania National Philharmonics.

On June 3, 2006, the MTV România Music Award ceremony took place in Cluj.

One of the main cultural events that take place in Cluj-Napoca is the Transilvania International Film Festival (official site). The Gay Film Nights festival, showcasing LGBT culture and cinema, is also organised annually in Cluj-Napoca by Be An Angel, the city's largest LGBT rights organisation.

Cluj-Napoca is an important economic centre in Romania. Famous local brands that have become well known at a national, or even international level, include: Banca Transilvania, Farmec, Jolidon, Napolact, and Ursus breweries.

The city has also become an important IT sector centre, with over 100 software companies and two universities that provide quality graduate engineers. Nokia will invest 200 million euros in a mobile telephone factory and a research centre in Cluj.^[8] The final discussions between representatives of the County Council and those of the Finnish group were held on March 20, 2007 after the decision was made to invest in Romania. "Given that demand for mobile phones is seeing a steady increase, Nokia has looked into opportunities of increasing its production capacities in order to meet the growing demand from customers". Ericsson is also in discussions to open a plant here.^[9] On March 26, 2007 a memorandum was signed between Nokia and Cluj County Board, in the presence of Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu prime-minister.^[10]

British investment and financial services group Dawnay Day, owner of the Brasov-based commercial centre MacroMall, says it will invest 135 million euros in two real estate projects in Cluj-Napoca. The first project, which has started construction on the site of the former Tricotaje Somesul plant located in Cluj-Napoca city centre, amounts to 85 million euros. The project will include a four-star hotel, a business centre with a total surface area of 10,000 square metres, as well as some 32,000 square metres of retail space. The Tricotaje Somesul plant held an 18,000 square-metre plot of land in the area.^[11]

Cluj-Napoca is also an important regional commercial centre, with shopping centres and hypermarkets like: Polus Center (including an Carrefour hypermarket), Iulius Mall (including an Auchan hypermarket), Ambient, Baumax, Billa, Central, Cora, Kaufland, Plus, Praktiker, Profi, Metro, Selgros, Sigma Center, Sora. Another shopping mall, Atrium^[12] is also currently under construction, as well as the hypermarket Real.

Among famous retailers found in the center of the city, one can mention Nike, Reebok, Adidas, Puma, Lee Cooper, Ecco, Quiksilver, Kenvelo, United Colors of Benetton, Guess, Outwear, Steillmann, s.Oliver, L'Oreal, Yves Rocher, Paco Rabanne and others. The shopping centers in the outskirts include stores like Mango, Zara, New Yorker, Intersport, Sephora, Calvin Klein, O'Neill, Energie, Swatch, Bata and so on.

Cluj-Napoca is very well served in terms of transport and infrastructure for Romanian city standards, being an important element of the national air, rail and road transport networks.

The Cluj-Napoca International Airport (CLJ), located 9 km to the east of the city centre, is the fourth busiest airport in Romania, after the two Bucharest airports (OTP and BBU) and Timisoara airport. Situated on the European route E576 (Cluj-Napoca - Dej), the airport is connected to the city centre by the local public transport company, RATUC, bus number 8. The airport serves direct destinations like Bucharest,Venice, Barcelona, Valencia, Budapest, Bologna, Frankfurt, London, Madrid, Milan, Bergamo, Rome and Vienna.

The Cluj-Napoca Main Rail Station, located about 2 km to the north of the city centre, is situated on the CFR-Romanian Railways Main Line 300 (Bucharest - Oradea - Romanian Western Border) and on the Line 401 (Cluj-Napoca - Dej). CFR provides direct rail connections to all the major Romanian cities and to Budapest. The rail station is very well connected to all the parts of the city by the trams, trolleybuses and buses of the local public transport company, RATUC.

The city is also served by two other secondary rail stations, the Little Station (Romanian: Gara Micǎ) and Cluj-Napoca East. There is also a flag station, Halta "Clujana".

Cluj-Napoca is an important node in the European road network, being on three different European routes (E60, E81 and E576). At a national level, Cluj-Napoca is located on three different main national roads, DN1, DN1C and DN1F.

The Romanian Motorway A3, also known as Transylvania Motorway (Romanian: Autostrada Transilvania), currently under construction, will link the city with Bucharest and the Romanian western border. Its western part (Romanian border - Oradea - Cluj-Napoca) is planned to be finished by 2009, while its eastern and southern part (Cluj-Napoca - Braşov) is planned to be finished by 2012.

The Cluj-Napoca Coach Station (Romanian: Autogara) is used by several private transport companies to provide coach connections from Cluj-Napoca to a large number of locations from all over the country.

RATUC, the local public transport company, runs an extensive 342 km public transport network within the city using trams, trolleybuses and buses.

Cluj-Napoca is one of the most important academic centres in Romania. Students count more than a third of the town's population.

Universities

• Babeş-Bolyai University (UBB), with more than 43,000 students, offering 105 concentrations in Romanian, 52 in Hungarian, 13 in German and 4 in English
• Technical University of Cluj-Napoca (UTC-N), with more than 12,000 students
• University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine
• Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, with more than 6,000 students
• Art and Design University
• Gheorghe Dima Music Academy

Some private universities

• Dimitrie Cantemir Christian University, with more than 1,500 students, official site
• Bogdan Vodă University, official site
• Avram Iancu University, official site
• Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania, official site

Some important public schools: Liceul Teoretic Avram Iancu, Liceul de Informatică Tiberiu Popoviciu, Colegiul National George Baritiu, Liceul Teoretic Lucian Blaga, Colegiul National Emil Racoviţă, Liceul Gheorghe Şincai, Liceul Nicolae Bălcescu, Liceul George Coşbuc, Liceul Mihai Eminescu, Liceul Onisifor Ghibu, Báthory István Elméleti Liceum, János Zsigmond Unitárius Kollégium, Brassai Sámuel Gimnázium, Apáczai Csere János Elméleti Liceum, Liceul de Arta.

Main article: Modern architecture in Cluj-Napoca

Cluj is one of the most important cities in Transylvania, so many companies and banks have headquarters there, some building modern tall skyscrapers and glass buildings throughout the city.

• CFR Cluj
• Universitatea Cluj-Napoca

• Universitatea Trustul CRE (women)
• U Mobitelco Cluj (men)

• U Jolidon Cluj-Napoca (women)
• U Hasit Cluj-Napoca (men)

• Universitatea BT Agressione Cluj-Napoca

• Universitatea Cluj-Napoca (women)
• Universitatea Cluj-Napoca (men)

• Poli CSM Cluj-Napoca

• Clujeana Cluj-Napoca

• Cologne
• Athens
• São Paulo
• Beersheba
• Pécs
• Zagreb
• Zhengzhou
• Chacao Municipality
• Dijon
• Nantes
• Suwon
• Makati
• Korçë
• Cervia
• Columbia, East Lansing and Rockford

Before the communist centralization of 1948, several foreign consulates for countries like France, Czechoslovakia, Canada were based in Cluj. The last closed legation was that of the Republic of Hungary in 1988. In 1997 the legation was re-opened, as part of Timişoara Treaty.

Currently there are legations from several countries in Cluj:

• General Consulate of the Republic of Hungary,
• US Embassy Information Office,
• Honorary Viceconsul of the Republic of Italy,
• Netherlands Business Support Office,
• Honorary Consul of Turkey.

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Main article: List of places in Cluj-Napoca

Placed in the centre of Transylvania, Cluj-Napoca is a good starting point for a tourist who wants to visit Transylvania.

Any tourist's must-see list should definitely include the following:

• the Avram Iancu Square with the Orthodox Cathedral, the National Theatre, the Romanian Opera and the Avram Iancu Statue
• the Unirii Square with the St. Michael's Church and the Matthias Corvinus Statue
• the Mihai Viteazul Square with the Michael the Brave Statue
• the Universităţii Street with the Babeş-Bolyai University and the Reformed Church
• the Lucian Blaga Square with the University Library
• the Botanical Garden
• the house where Matthias Corvinus (Romanian: Matei Corvin; Hungarian: Hunyadi Mátyás) was born
• the George Bariţiu Street with the Technical University
• the Cetăţuia with its wonderful panorama of the city
• the Central Park
• several museums: the Transylvanian Ethnographic Museum (including its open air section), the History Museum, the Art Museum, the Zoology Museum and the Pharmacy Museum
• the Central Cemetery (also known as Házsongárd, or Hajongard)(16th century)

The Orthodox Cathedral	Catholic Cathedral	The National Theatre & The Romanian Opera	Someşul Mic River
Avram Iancu Square, aerial view	Matthias Corvinus Statue	Capitoline Wolf Statue on Eroilor Avenue	Saint George Statue
Iuliu Maniu Street	The Cetăţuie Hill	Matei Corvin Alley	Babeş-Bolyai University
Etnographic Park	Cluj-Napoca's tallest skyscraper	Panoramic view at night	Panoramic view
Another panoramic view	The Old Town Hall	The City Hall (the tower)	The Chios Casino and Restaurant building, in the Central Park

• Cluj-Napoca metropolitan area
• Cluj-Napoca Botanical Garden
• Orthodox Cathedral
• Church of Saint Michael
• Bánffy Palace
• Modern architecture in Cluj-Napoca
• Cluj-Napoca Companies
  • Ursus
  • Banca Transilvania
  • Jolidon
  • Farmec
  • Tricotaje Someşul
  • Napolact
  • Armătura
  • Astral
  • Ardaf
  • Terapia
• Klausenberg (Hasidic dynasty)

• (Romanian)Website of Cluj-Napoca
• (Hungarian)Hungarian website of Kolozsvár
• Virtual trip of Cluj-Napoca
• (Romanian)Events in Cluj-Napoca
• Mobile webcam offering a good panorama over Cluj-Napoca
• (English)A virtual guide into the history,culture and sightseeing of Cluj-Napoca,the city in the heart of Transylvania, Romania
• (English)An Online Travel Guide about Cluj-Napoca
• (English)Cluj-Napoca airport website

v • d • e Municipalities and cities in Cluj county
Cluj-Napoca | Câmpia Turzii | Dej | Gherla | Huedin | Turda

v • d • e Landmarks in Cluj-Napoca
Worship places	Bob Church • Calvaria Church • Evangelical Church • Franciscan Church • Greek-Catholic Cathedral • Orthodox Cathedral • Orthodox Church on the Hill • Piarists' Church • Reformed Synagogue • St. Michael's Church • Ss. Peter and Paul Church • Unitarian Church • Wolfsstreet Reformed Chuch
Historical buildings	Tailors' Tower • Basta House • Hangman's House • Heltai House • Hintz House • Kovary House • Matthias Corvinus House • Wolphard-Kakas House • Old Biasini Hotel • Convictus Nobilium • Banffy Palace
Statues and monuments	Avram Iancu Statue • Capitoline Wolf Statue • Matthias Corvinus Statue • Michael the Brave Statue
Other places	Botanical Garden • Central Cemetery • Central Park • Hintz House • Hungarian Opera • National Theatre • Romanian Opera • Tailors' Tower

v • d • e Companies in Cluj-Napoca

ACI Cluj • Ardaf • Armătura • ArtSoft Consult • Astral Telecom • Banca Transilvania (BT Asigurări • BT Asset Management • BT Leasing • BT Securities • BT Direct) • Brinel • DlhSoft • EuroGSM • Farmec • Jolidon • Napolact • Prodvinalco • Sanex • Serimer • Terapia • Tricotaje Someşul • Ursus • Vitrina Advertising • Carbochim • Globinvest • Interdealer Capital Invest • SSIF Broker • Target Capital • Target Asset Management • STK Financial

v • d • e County seats of Romania (alphabetical order by county)

Alba Iulia • Arad • Piteşti • Bacău • Oradea • Bistriţa • Botoşani • Braşov • Brăila • Buzău • Reşiţa • Călăraşi • Cluj-Napoca • Constanţa • Sfântu Gheorghe • Târgovişte • Craiova • Galaţi • Giurgiu • Târgu Jiu • Miercurea Ciuc • Deva • Slobozia • Iaşi • Buftea • Baia Mare • Drobeta-Turnu Severin • Târgu Mureş • Piatra Neamţ • Slatina • Ploieşti • Satu Mare • Zalău • Sibiu • Suceava • Alexandria • Timişoara • Tulcea • Vaslui • Râmnicu Vâlcea • Focşani Bucharest (national capital)