Editing Cluj-Napoca (section)

=== Administration ===

{{Main|Politics of Cluj-Napoca}}

{{See also|Cluj-Napoca metropolitan area}}
[[File:Emil Boc 2011-06-23.jpg|thumb|[[Emil Boc]], mayor since 2012|191x191px]]
The city government is headed by a [[List of mayors of Cluj-Napoca|mayor]].<ref name="Parliament of Romania-2">{{Cite web |title=Law no. 215 / 21 April 2001: Legea administrației publice locale |url=http://www.cdep.ro/pls/legis/legis_pck.htp_act_text?idt=27123 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080321151128/http://www.cdep.ro/pls/legis/legis_pck.htp_act_text?idt=27123 |archive-date=21 March 2008 |access-date=2008-03-12 |publisher=Parliament of Romania |language=ro}}</ref> Since 2012, the office is held by [[Emil Boc]], who was returned at that year's [[2012 Romanian local election|local election]] for a third term, having resigned in 2008 to become [[Prime Minister of Romania|Prime Minister]].<ref name="Bianca Preda-2012" /> Decisions are approved and discussed by the local government (''consiliu local'') made up of 27 elected councillors.<ref name="Parliament of Romania-2" /> The city is divided into 15 districts (''cartiere'') laid out radially. City hall intends to develop local administrative branches for most of the districts.

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* [[Andrei Mureșanu, Cluj-Napoca|Andrei Mureșanu]]
* [[Bulgaria, Cluj-Napoca|Bulgaria]]
* [[Bună Ziua, Cluj-Napoca|Bună Ziua]]
* [[Centru, Cluj-Napoca|Centru]]
* [[Dâmbul Rotund]]
* [[Gheorgheni, Cluj-Napoca|Gheorgheni]]
* [[Grădinile Mănăștur]]
* [[Grigorescu, Cluj-Napoca|Grigorescu]]
* [[Gruia, Cluj-Napoca|Gruia]]
* [[Iris, Cluj-Napoca|Iris]]
* [[Între Lacuri]]
* [[Mănăștur]]
* [[Mărăști, Cluj-Napoca|Mărăști]]
* [[Someșeni]]
* [[Zorilor]]
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[[File:CaleaMotilorNr1-3.JPG|thumb|[[Cluj-Napoca City Hall]]]]
Because of the last years' massive urban development, in 2005 some areas of Cluj were named as districts (Sopor, Borhanci, Becaș, Făget, Zorilor South), but most of them are still construction sites.<ref>{{Cite web |year=2005 |title=Hotărâre privind propuneri de atribuire denumiri strazi si cartiere in municipiul Cluj-Napoca |url=http://www.primariaclujnapoca.ro/phcl/7-10-2005/27.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080302004936/http://www.primariaclujnapoca.ro/phcl/7-10-2005/27.aspx |archive-date=2 March 2008 |access-date=2008-03-12 |publisher=Cluj-Napoca City Hall |language=ro}}</ref> Beside these, there are some other building areas like ''Tineretului'', ''Lombului'' or ''Oser'', which are likely to become districts in the following years.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 June 2007 |title=Emil Boc îl sfidează pe Tăriceanu |url=http://www.ftr.ro/emil-boc-il-sfideaza-pe-tariceanu-892.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080729013944/http://www.ftr.ro/emil-boc-il-sfideaza-pe-tariceanu-892.php |archive-date=29 July 2008 |access-date=2008-03-12 |publisher=Foaia Transilvană |language=ro}}</ref>

Additionally, as Cluj-Napoca is the capital of [[Cluj County]], the city hosts the palace of the prefecture, the headquarters of the [[county council]] (''consiliu județean'') and the [[Prefect (Romania)|prefect]], who is appointed by Romania's central government.<ref name="Parliament of Romania-2" /> The prefect is not allowed to be a member of a political party, and his role is to represent the national government at the local level, acting as a liaison and facilitating the implementation of National Development Plans and governing programmes at the local level.<ref name="Parliament of Romania-2" /> Like all other local councils in Romania, the Cluj-Napoca local council, the county council and the city's mayor are elected every four years by the population.<ref name="Parliament of Romania-2" />[[File:Cluj-Napoca Districts.jpg|thumb|Map of Cluj-Napoca's districts (2007)]]

Cluj-Napoca is also the capital of the historical region of [[Transylvania]], a status that resonates to this day. Currently, the city is the largest in the [[Nord-Vest (development region)|Nord-Vest development region]], which is equivalent to [[NUTS-II]] regions in the [[European Union]] and is used by the European Union and the Romanian Government for statistical analysis and regional development. The Nord-Vest development region is not, however, an administrative entity.<ref name="Parliament of Romania-2"/> The [[Cluj-Napoca metropolitan area]] became operational in December 2008,<ref name="Ziua de Cluj-2009">{{Cite web |date=9 January 2009 |title=Asociația Metropolitană e "la cheie". Mai trebuie banii |url=http://www.ziuadecj.ro/action/article?ID=20381 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121209060817/http://www.ziuadecj.ro/action/article?ID=20381 |archive-date=9 December 2012 |access-date=2009-02-11 |publisher=Ziua de Cluj |language=ro}}</ref> and comprises a population of 411,379.<ref name="Cluj County Regional Statistics Directorate-2013"/><ref name="Cluj County Council"/> Besides Cluj-Napoca, it includes seventeen [[Communes of Romania|communes]]: [[Aiton, Cluj|Aiton]], [[Apahida]], [[Baciu]], [[Bonțida]], [[Borșa, Cluj|Borșa]], [[Căianu]], [[Chinteni]], [[Ciurila]], [[Cojocna]], [[Feleacu]], [[Florești, Cluj|Florești]], [[Gârbău, Cluj|Gârbău]], [[Gilău, Cluj|Gilău]], [[Jucu]], [[Petreștii de Jos]], [[Tureni]] and [[Vultureni, Cluj|Vultureni]].

The executive presidium of the [[Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania]] (UDMR) and all its departments are headquartered in Cluj,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Statute of the UDMR |url=http://www.rmdsz.ro/script/aboutus.php?lang=hu&menuoption=0&aboutusID=2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030529084824/http://www.rmdsz.ro/script/aboutus.php?lang=hu&menuoption=0&aboutusID=2 |archive-date=29 May 2003 |access-date=2008-03-12 |publisher=[[Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania]] |language=hu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Contacts of the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania |url=http://www.rmdsz.ro/script/contact.php?lang=ro |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030514132630/http://www.rmdsz.ro/script/contact.php?lang=ro |archive-date=14 May 2003 |access-date=2008-03-12 |publisher=Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania |language=ro}}</ref> as are local and regional organisations of most Romanian political parties. In order to counterbalance the political influence of Transylvania's Hungarian minority, nationalist Romanians in Transylvania founded the [[Party of Romanian National Unity]] (PUNR) at the beginnings of the 1990s; the party was present in the Romanian Parliament during the 1992–1996 legislature.<ref name="PUNR">{{Cite web |title=History of PUNR |url=http://www.punr.ro/istoric.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041014191152/http://www.punr.ro/istoric.htm |archive-date=14 October 2004 |access-date=2008-03-12 |publisher=Partidul Unității Națiunii Române |language=ro}}</ref> The party eventually moved its main offices to Bucharest and fell into decline as its leadership joined the ideologically similar [[Greater Romania Party|PRM]].<ref name="PUNR"/> In 2008, the ''Institute for Research on National Minorities'', subordinated to the [[Romanian Government]], opened its official headquarters in Cluj-Napoca.<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 August 2007 |title=Institutul minorităților se înființează la Cluj |url=http://www.ziuadecj.ro/action/article?ID=1760 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080321123616/http://www.ziuadecj.ro/action/article?ID=1760 |archive-date=21 March 2008 |access-date=2008-03-12 |publisher=Ziua de Cluj |language=ro}}</ref>

Eleven hospitals function in the city, nine of which are run by the county and two (for oncology and cardiology) by the [[Ministry of Public Health (Romania)|health ministry]]. Additionally, there are well over a hundred private medical cabinets and dentists' offices each.<ref name="Cluj-Napoca City Hall"/> In 2022, work began on an emergency hospital for the entire [[Nord-Vest (development region)|North-West region]]; the cost is estimated at over 500 million euros.<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 January 2022 |title=Romania's Govt. approves EUR 305 mln EIB loan for Cluj regional hospital |url=https://www.romania-insider.com/govt-approves-eib-loan-cluj-hospital |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930072632/https://www.romania-insider.com/govt-approves-eib-loan-cluj-hospital |archive-date=30 September 2022 |access-date=30 September 2022 |website=romania-insider.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=9 May 2022 |title=A început proiectarea spitalului regional din Cluj |url=https://www.hotnews.ro/stiri-sanatate-25545510-ministerul-sanatatii-anunta-inceput-proiectarea-spitalului-regional-din-cluj-care-dura-12-luni-constructia-efectiva-dura-4-ani-semnarea-contractului-executie.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928091503/https://www.hotnews.ro/stiri-sanatate-25545510-ministerul-sanatatii-anunta-inceput-proiectarea-spitalului-regional-din-cluj-care-dura-12-luni-constructia-efectiva-dura-4-ani-semnarea-contractului-executie.htm |archive-date=28 September 2022 |access-date=28 September 2022 |website=hotnews.ro}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=20 July 2022 |title=A quick trip to the hospital |url=https://www.eib.org/en/stories/romania-regional-hospitals |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930073511/https://www.eib.org/en/stories/romania-regional-hospitals |archive-date=30 September 2022 |access-date=30 September 2022 |publisher=[[European Investment Bank]]}}</ref>