Aghireșu
commune in Cluj County, Romania
Aghireșu (Hungarian: Egeres; German: Erldorf) is a commune in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. Covering an area of 105.79 km2 (40.85 sq mi), the commune is composed of eleven villages: Aghireșu, Aghireșu-Fabrici (Egeres-gyártelep), Arghișu (Argyas), Băgara (Bogártelke), Dâncu (Dank), Dorolțu (Nádasdaróc), Inucu (Inaktelke), Leghia (Jegenye), Macău (Mákófalva), Ticu (Forgácskút), and Ticu-Colonie (Ferencbánya).
Demographics
According to the 2011 census, Aghireșu had a population of 7,116; Romanians made up 51.9% of the population, Hungarians made up 36.7%, and Roma made up 8.0%. At the 2021 census, the commune had a population of 5,691; of those, 53.42% were Romanians, 31.96% Hungarians, and 5.43% Roma.
“Aghireșu” enters the record as commune in Cluj County, Romania. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Aghireșu, commune and Cluj can confirm, complicate or overturn.
Why this record matters
“Aghireșu” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Aghireșu, commune and Cluj provides the most credible route into that argument.
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 12, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q12724502. Authority coordinates are 46.863, 23.246. None of the 2 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2011 and 2021.
Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. 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 “Aghireșu”, its source revision and the description used here.
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Questions for further research
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- Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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This entry incorporates text from “Aghireșu” 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.