Jucu
| Jucu | |
|---|---|
| Commune | |
 Location of Jucu | |
| Coordinates: 46°51′18″N 23°47′36″E / 46.85500°N 23.79333°ECoordinates: 46°51′18″N 23°47′36″E / 46.85500°N 23.79333°E | |
| Country | Romania |
| County | Cluj County |
| Component villages | Gădălin, Juc-Herghelie, Jucu de Mijloc, Jucu de Sus, Vişea |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 4,120 |
Jucu (Hungarian: Zsuk; German: Schucken) is a commune in Cluj County, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Gădălin (Kötelend), Juc-Herghelie (Zsukiménes), Jucu de Mijloc (Nemeszsuk), commune centre Jucu de Sus (Felsőzsuk) and Vişea (Visa).
Economy
In 2007, Nokia started a €200 million investment in Jucu, building a cellphone factory that has begun production in 2008 and in 2010 it's possible that an American pharmaceutical company will invest another €210 million to make a factory.[1]
On 29 September 2011, Nokia announced that the production will be closed and more than 2000 employees will be laid off by the end of 2012 as a measure of optimizing production processes.[2]
Population
| Census,[3][4] | Ethnicity | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Population | Romanians | Hungarians | Germans | Roma people | Other | ||
| 1850 | 2529 | 2126 | 242 | 2 | 109 | 50 | ||
| 1880 | 2584 | 2029 | 437 | 6 | 112 | |||
| 1890 | 3055 | 2404 | 601 | 6 | 44 | |||
| 1900 | 3314 | 2608 | 648 | 29 | 29 | |||
| 1910 | 3799 | 3010 | 737 | 7 | 45 | |||
| 1920 | 3893 | 3266 | 575 | 52 | ||||
| 1930 | 4382 | 3691 | 630 | 4 | 33 | 24 | ||
| 1930 | 4382 | 3649 | 635 | 4 | 68 | 26 | ||
| 1941 | 5238 | 4295 | 909 | 6 | 10 | 18 | ||
| 1956 | 5841 | 5027 | 773 | 2 | 33 | 6 | ||
| 1966 | 5452 | 4760 | 690 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 2002 | 4086 | 3524 | 516 | 1 | 43 | 2 | ||
Buildings and Structures
High-power broadcasting station: 3 masts 165 metres tall. The station broadcasts on 909 kHz with 200 kW and 1152 kHz with 950 kW.
Image gallery
Winter in Vişea
Lifestyle in Vişea
