Râșca, Cluj
commune in Cluj County, Romania
Râșca (Hungarian: Roska) is a commune in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Dealu Mare, Lăpuștești (Felsőszamos), Mărcești, Râșca, and Stațiunea Fântânele.
At the 2021 census, the commune had a population of 1,180, of which 92.71% were Romanians.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Râșca, Cluj” as commune in Cluj County, Romania. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as commune in Cluj County, Romania. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 28, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q10811999. Authority coordinates are 46.725, 23.128. 1 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2021.
A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. 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
Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
- Historic place names
- Jurisdictional context
- Routes into maps and plans
Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Râșca, Cluj”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Râșca, Cluj primary sources, Râșca, Cluj archive and Râșca research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Râșca, Cluj”?
- Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
- What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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This entry incorporates text from “Râșca, Cluj” 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.