Ciceu-Giurgești
commune in Bistrița-Năsăud County, Romania
Ciceu-Giurgești (Hungarian: Csicsógyörgyfalva; German: Gergesdorf) is a commune in Bistrița-Năsăud County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Ciceu-Giurgești and Dumbrăveni (Gáncs). It also included three other villages until 2002, when they were split off to form Negrilești Commune.
Geography
The commune is located in the eastern part of the county, on the border with Cluj County. It lies on the banks of the river Valea Mare.
Demographics
At the 2021 census, the commune had a population of 1,335, of which 91.46% were Romanians and 3.6% Roma.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Ciceu-Giurgești” is commune in Bistrița-Năsăud County, Romania. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Ciceu-Giurgești, commune and Bistrița-Năsăud, not as a finished interpretation.
Why this record matters
The phrase “commune in Bistrița-Năsăud County, Romania” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5066050. Authority coordinates are 47.277, 23.991. None of the 2 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2002 and 2021.
Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.
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Questions for further research
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This entry incorporates text from “Ciceu-Giurgești” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.