Cluj-Napoca facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Cluj-Napoca
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City
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Country | Romania |
County | Cluj |
Metropolitan area | Cluj-Napoca metropolitan area |
Status | County capital |
Founded | 1213 (first official record as Cluj) |
Area | |
• City | 179.5 km2 (69.3 sq mi) |
Population | |
• City | 310,243 (July 1 2,007) |
• Density | 1,771/km2 (4,590/sq mi) |
• Metro | 400,000 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Postal Code |
400xyz1
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Area code(s) | +40 x642 |
Car Plates | CJ-N3 |
Website | http://www.primariaclujnapoca.ro |
Cluj-Napoca, commonly known as Cluj, is the second most populous city in Romania, after the national capital Bucharest. The city is considered the unofficial capital to the historical province of Transylvania. From 1790 to 1848 and from 1861 to 1867, it was the official capital of the Grand Principality of Transylvania.
The city has the best air quality in the European Union, according to research published in 2014 by a French magazine and air-quality organization that studied the EU's hundred largest cities.
Today, the city is one of the most important academic, cultural, industrial and business centres in Romania. Among other institutions, it hosts the country's largest university, Babeș-Bolyai University, with its famous botanical garden and nationally renowned cultural institutions.
Arts and culture
Cluj-Napoca has a diverse and growing cultural scene, with cultural life exhibited in a number of fields, including the visual arts, performing arts and nightlife. The city's cultural scene spans its history, dating back to Roman times: the city started to be built in that period, which has left its mark on the urban layout (centered on today's Piața Muzeului) as well as surviving ruins.
Images for kids
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Napoca on the Roman Dacia fragment of the 1st–4th century AD Tabula Peutingeriana (upper center)
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St. Michael's Church, the city's largest Gothic-style church
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Matthias Corvinus Alley, facing the birthplace of the eponymous King of Hungary
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A newspaper kiosk in the central area
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CFR Cluj vs. Sevilla at Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu, on 20 February 2020.
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"U" Cluj players celebrating the promotion in the Liga I in 2007.
See also
In Spanish: Cluj-Napoca para niños