{{redirect|Clapa|the UK charity known as CLAPA|Cleft Lip and Palate Association}} {{Infobox Romanian subdivision |type = commune |county = Cluj |name = Tritenii de Jos |subdivisions = Clapa, Colonia, Pădureni, '''Tritenii de Jos''', Tritenii de Sus, Tritenii-Hotar |image_flag = |image_shield = |image_skyline = TriteniiDeJosCJ (3).JPG |image_caption = Tritenii de Jos |image_location = |leader_name = Alexandru-Iosif Dan |leader_party = Green Party |leader_term = 2020–2024 |image_map = Tritenii de Jos jud Cluj.png |map_caption = Location in Cluj County |coordinates = {{coord|46|35|9.96|N|23|59|47.4|E|type:adm2nd_region:RO|display=inline,title}} |established_date = |elevation = 364 |elevation_min = 300 |elevation_max = 525 |area_total = 59.48 |area_footnotes = |population_as_of = |population_total = auto |population_footnotes = |postal_code = 407550 |area_code = (+40) 02 64 |website = {{URL|https://primariatriteniidejos.ro/}} }}
'''Tritenii de Jos''' ({{langx|hu|Alsódetrehem}}) is a commune in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Clapa (''Szentkirályi tanya''), Colonia (''Detrehemtelep''), Pădurenii (''Țigăreni'' until 1964, also formerly called ''Coc''; ''Mezőkók''), Tritenii de Jos, Tritenii de Sus (''Felsődetrehem''), and Tritenii-Hotar (''Irisorai tanyák'').
==Geography== The commune is situated on the Transylvanian Plateau, at an altitude of {{cvt|364|m}}, on the banks of the river Valea Largă. It is located in the southeastern part of Cluj County, {{cvt|22|km}} east of Turda and {{cvt|52|km}} southeast of the county seat, Cluj-Napoca, on the border with Mureș County. ==Demographics== {{Historical populations | source = Census data |1850 |2152 |1880 |2522 |1890 |2519 |1900 |3071 |1910 |3382 |1920 |3624 |1930 |4262 |1941 |4810 |1966 |5954 |1977 |6379 |1992 |5358 |2002 |5066 |2011 |4240 |2021 |3950 }}
According to the census from 2002 there was a total population of 5,066 people living in this commune. Of this population, 90.99% were ethnic Romanians, 8.23% were ethnic Hungarians and 0.75% ethnic Romani.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.edrc.ro/recensamant.jsp?regiune_id=2140&judet_id=2295&localitate_id=2369|title = Structura Etno-demografică a României}}</ref> At the 2011 census, the population had decreased to 4,240, of which 88.84% were Romanians and 8% Hungarians. At the 2021 census, Tritenii de Jos had a population of 3,950, of which 87.92% were Romanians and 6.33% Hungarians.<ref name="RPL2021">{{cite web|url=https://www.recensamantromania.ro/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Tabel-1.03_1.3.1-si-1.03.2.xls|title=Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021|publisher=INSSE|language=ro|date=31 May 2023}}</ref>
==Natives== *Pavel Dan (1907 – 1937), prose writer *Emil Hațieganu (1878 — 1959), politician and jurist *Gheorghe Mureșan (born 1971), former NBA basketball player
==References== {{Reflist}} *''Atlasul localităților județului Cluj'' (Cluj County Localities Atlas), Suncart Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca, {{ISBN|973-86430-0-7}}
{{Gallery |File:TriteniiDeJosCJ (11).JPG|Elementary school in Tritenii de Jos |File:Biserica ortodoxa din Tritenii de Jos (2).JPG|Orthodox church in Tritenii de Jos |File:Church Colonie.jpg|Reformed church in Colonia |File:Biserica ortodoxa din Tritenii de Sus.JPG|Orthodox church in Tritenii de Sus }}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tritenii De Jos}} Category:Communes in Cluj County Category:Localities in Transylvania {{ClujCounty-geo-stub}}