Panticeu (Hungarian: Páncélcseh; German: Böhmischhofen) is a commune in the northern part of Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Cătălina (Szentkatolnadorna), Cubleșu Someșan (Magyarköblös), Dârja (Magyarderzse), Panticeu, and Sărata (Szótelke).

Demographics

According to the census from 2002 there was a total population of 2,001 people living in this commune, of which 85.25% were ethnic Romanians, 10.49% ethnic Roma, and 4.19% Hungarians. At the 2011 census, there were 1,844 inhabitants; of those, 77.01% were Romanians, 13.12% Roma, and 3.69% Hungarians. At the 2021 census, Panticeu had a population of 1,717, including 72.57% Romanians, 17.12% Roma, and 2.15% Hungarians.

Natives

• Iuliu Hațieganu (1885 – 1959), internist doctor and member of the Romanian Academy