Cășeiu
commune in Cluj County, Romania
Căşeiu (Hungarian: Alsókosály; German: Koschal) is a commune in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of ten villages: Cășeiu, Comorâța, Coplean (Kapjon), Custura (Dumbráva), Gârbău Dejului (Désorbó), Guga (Guga), Leurda (Leurda határrész), Rugășești (Felsőkosály), Sălătruc (Szeletruk), and Urișor (Alőr).
Demographics
According to the census from 2002 there was a total population of 4,882 people living in this commune; of those, 94.44% were ethnic Romanians, 4.67% ethnic Roma, and 0.83% ethnic Hungarians. At the 2021 census, Cășeiu had a population of 4,375, of which 85.05% were Romanians and 8.39% Roma.
The public source identifies “Cășeiu” as commune in Cluj County, Romania. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Cășeiu, commune and Cluj.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 18, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q12724723. Authority coordinates are 47.243, 23.864. None of the 2 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2002 and 2021.
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This entry incorporates text from “Cășeiu” 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.