the nearby village of Nicula and Nicula Monastery. Gherla also had a significant Jewish population which was decimated during the Holocaust. After the war most of the remaining Jewish population left the city. The Synagogue and the Holocaust Memorial Monument are visited by tourists from many countries. Demographics According to the 2011 Romanian census, there were 20,982 people living within the city, as follows: 15,952 (76.0%) Romanians 3,435 (16.4%) Hungarians 735 (3.5%) Roma 61 (0.3%) others, including 16 Germans (Transylvanian Saxons) Natives Tamás Aján Laur Aștilean Mihai Chezan Cristian Coroian Cyrill Demian Adrian Oros Gergely Pongrátz Silviu Prigoană References Sources External links Armenierstadt Armenians in Romania at the Central European University site Populated places in Cluj County Localities in Transylvania Cities in Romania Armenian communities in Romania