Huedin is a locality situated in Cluj county, with a population of 8977 inhabitants.

Huedin

GPS Coordinates:
46.86470 N, 23.02547 E

Huedin dates since 1332, in the middle ages had no fortress, in case of danger the people ran to the church that had an exit through a tunnel or took refuge in the fortress Bologa. In 1552 appears Bánffyhunyad, 2/3 of the settlement was of the Bánffy family. Huedin was publican settlement fact proved by the numbers of the coins found on the town's territory: 1000 coins from 1480-1598 at the Old Fortress and 3187 pieces from the period 1488-1633 discovered with the occasion excavations made in the center. Huedin is the capital of the Kalotaszeg region what through it's folkloric value attracts the tourists.

Huedin, Sights

Barcsay manor Roman catholic church Roman funerary altar Reformed school Orthodox, former Greek cath. church Huedin , Photo: WR