Cleja

Cleja
Commune
Location in Bacău County
Cleja Location in Romania
Coordinates: 46°24′N 26°55′E
Country	Romania
County	Bacău
Government
• Mayor (2020–2024)	Petru Iștoc[1] (PNL)
Population  (2021-12-01)[2]	5,320
Time zone	EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Vehicle reg.	BC

Cleja (Hungarian: Klézse) is a commune in Bacău County, Western Moldavia, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Cleja, Somușca (Somoska) and Valea Mică (Pokolpatak).

In 2011, the commune had a population of 6621: 94.41% ethnic Romanians, 2.43% Hungarians and Csangos. At the 2002 census, 97.8% of residents were Roman Catholic, 1.6% Romanian Orthodox and 0.2% Pentecostal.

References

1. "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
2. "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.