Podeni

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Podeni

Total population

859

Coordinates46.43°, 23.64°

Demographic figures from INS Romania. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Moldovenești is a commune in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Bădeni (Bágyon), Moldovenești, Pietroasa (Csegez), Podeni (Székelyhidas), Plăiești (Kövend), and Stejeriș (Kercsed). Vălenii de Arieș was a separate village until 1966, when it was absorbed into Moldovenești village.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

J

János Bartók

I

István Borbély

Hungarian literary historian

István Bágyoni Szabó

L

Lajos Egri

Márton Fejér

Hungarian lawyer, opinion journalist and politician (1812–1865)

B

Balázs Fodor

J

János Gergely

Hungarian botanist from Romania (1928-1989)

Károly Gspann

physician, physician writer (1865–1938)

J

József Kádár

Á

Árpád Loy

Hungarian miner, hewer and politician (1906-1987)

M

Márton Pálffi

A

Antal Pálffy

(1903–1973)

M

Móric Pálfy

M

Máté Toroczkai

Bishop of the Unitarian Church in Cluj

A

Andor Czupor

D

Dezső Kováts

Hungarian actor

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Cluj

• Moldovenești
  5.2 mi away · pop. 1,286
• Stejeriș
  5.3 mi away · pop. 237
• Buru
  5.7 mi away · pop. 280
• Plăiești
  6 mi away · pop. 585
• Bădeni
  6.2 mi away · pop. 755
• Lungești
  7 mi away · pop. 71
• Cornești
  7.1 mi away · pop. 746
• Borzești
  7.9 mi away · pop. 107
• Petreștii de Sus
  8.3 mi away · pop. 119
• Cheia
  8.5 mi away · pop. 554
• Măgura Ierii
  8.5 mi away · pop. 96
• Surduc
  9 mi away · pop. 391

Browse all places in Cluj →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Large Copper

Lycaena dispar

Seen 2026-08-28

Hornet Robber Fly

Asilus crabroniformis

Seen 2026-08-16

hairy houseleek

Sempervivum globiferum hirtum

Seen 2026-08-08

Scarce Seven-spotted Ladybird Beetle

Coccinella magnifica

Seen 2026-08-03

Duke of Burgundy

Hamearis lucina

Seen 2026-08-03

Rolling Hen-and-chicks

Sempervivum globiferum

Seen 2026-08-03

oak lace bug

Corythucha arcuata

Seen 2026-08-03

Scarce Copper

Lycaena virgaureae

Seen 2026-08-03

Saddle-backed Bush Cricket

Ephippiger ephippiger

Seen 2026-08-03

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).