Cluj-Napoca (rou)

Cluj-Napoca

Cluj-Napoca ranks 548th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Espoo, Compton, California, and Gelsenkirchen. Memorable people born in Cluj-Napoca include János Bolyai, Stephen Bocskai, and Rezső Kasztner. Memorable people who died in Cluj-Napoca include Ștefan Kovács, Starina Novak, and Lucian Blaga. Cluj-Napoca has been the birth place of many politicians, and soccer players and the death place of many soccer players, and writers. Cluj-Napoca is located in Romania.

Cluj-Napoca, or simply Cluj, is a city in northwestern Romania. It is the second-most populous city in the country and the seat of Cluj County. Geographically, it is roughly equidistant from Bucharest, Budapest and Belgrade. Located in the Someșul Mic river valley, the city is considered the unofficial capital of the historical province of Transylvania. For some decades prior to the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867, it was the official capital of the Grand Principality of Transylvania. Read more on Wikipedia