Ceanu Mare

Ceanu Mare
—  Commune  —
Location in Cluj County
Location on Romania map
Coordinates: 46°39′0″N 23°58′0″E / 46.65°N 23.966667°E / 46.65; 23.966667Coordinates: 46°39′0″N 23°58′0″E / 46.65°N 23.966667°E / 46.65; 23.966667
Country	Romania
County	Cluj County
Status	Commune
Settled	1293[1]
Commune seat	Ceanu Mare
Villages	Andici, Boian, Bolduţ, Ceanu Mare, Ciurgău, Dosu Napului, Fânaţe, Hodăi-Boian, Iacobeni, Morţeşti, Stârcu, Strucut, Valea lui Cati
Government
– Mayor	Gavrilă Oros
Area
– Total	37.54 km2 (14.5 sq mi)
Population (July 1, 2007)[2]
– Total	4,229
– Density	112.7/km2 (291.8/sq mi)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
– Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal Code
Area code(s)	+40 x264[3]
Website	http://www.ceanu-mare.ro/

Ceanu Mare (German: Gross-Tschaan);(Hungarian: Mezoscan) is a commune in the north-west of Romania, in Cluj County, Transylvania. It is composed of thirteen villages: Andici (depopulated since 1985), Boian, Bolduţ, Ceanu Mare, Ciurgău, Dosu Napului, Fânaţe, Hodăi-Boian, Iacobeni, Morţeşti, Stârcu, Strucut and Valea lui Cati.

The village is known in Germany after the Schröder family discovered that the father of former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder was buried there in a common grave in 1944. Lieutenant Fritz Schröder was a soldier in the German army during World War II and he died at the age of 32 near the city of Turda (Thorenburg in German) on 4 October 1944, without ever seeing his newborn son Gerhard.

Demographics

According to the census from 2002 there was a total population of 4,322 people living in this town. Of this population, 94.08% are ethnic Romanians, 3.51% ethnic Rroma and 2.36% are ethnic Hungarians.^[4]

References

1. ^ Atlasul localităţilor judeţului Cluj, Editura Suncart, p. 117
2. ^ "Population as of July 1, 2007" (in Romanian). INSSE. April 4, 2008. http://www.insse.ro/cms/rw/resource/populatia_stab_1%20iulie2007.htm. Retrieved 2008-05-04. 
3. ^ x is a digit indicating the operator: 2 for the former national operator, Romtelecom, and 3 for the other ground telephone networks
4. ^ http://www.edrc.ro/recensamant.jsp?regiune_id=2140&judet_id=2295&localitate_id=2322