Așchileu
commune in Cluj County, Romania
Așchileu (Hungarian: Esküllő; German: Gross-Schwalbendorf) is a commune in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Așchileu Mare (the commune center; Nagyesküllő), Așchileu Mic (Kisesküllő), Cristorel (Ördögkeresztúr), Dorna (Dorna), and Fodora (Magyarfodorháza).
After the death of Gelou, the peace between the Romanians and Tuhum, the leader of the Hungarian invaders in the 10th century, was arranged at Așchileu.
Demographics
According to the 2002 census, the commune had 1,841 inhabitants; Romanians made up 83.7% of the population, Hungarians made up 10.86%, and Roma made up 5.43%. At the 2021 census, Așchileu had a population of 1,397; of those, 76.16% were Romanians and 5.8% Hungarians.
The public source identifies “Așchileu” as commune in Cluj County, Romania. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Așchileu, commune and Cluj.
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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 Sep 13, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q8238655. Authority coordinates are 46.978, 23.472. 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 “Așchileu” 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.