Creaca

Creaca
Commune
Porolissum
Location in Sălaj County
Creaca Location in Romania
Coordinates: 47°11′50″N 23°14′0″E / 47.19722°N 23.23333°E / 47.19722; 23.23333
Country	Romania
County	Sălaj
Government
• Mayor (2020–2024)	Ioan-Eugen Terec[1]
Area	74.16 km2 (28.63 sq mi)
Highest elevation	650 m (2,130 ft)
Lowest elevation	200 m (700 ft)
Population  (2021-12-01)[2]	2,890
• Density	39/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Postal code	457096
Area code	+40 260 and +40 360
Vehicle reg.	SJ
Website	comunacreaca.ro

Creaca (Hungarian: Karika) is a commune located in Sălaj County, Crișana, Romania.

The commune is composed of nine villages: Borza (Egregyborzova), Brebi (Beréd), Brusturi (Somróújfalu), Ciglean (Csiglen), Creaca, Jac (Zsákfalva), Lupoaia (Farkasmező), Prodănești (Prodánfalva) and Viile Jacului (Szállásszőlőhegy). The largest village in terms of population and area is Jac, and the smallest is Viile Jacului.

In the 1st century AD, Porolissum, an ancient Roman city in Dacia was built on the western part of the commune. The city was the most north-eastern outpost of the Roman Empire, and garrisoned 5,000 auxiliary soldiers transferred from Spain, Gaul, and Britain.

At the 2002 census, 97.8% of inhabitants were Romanians and 2.1% Roma. 71.1% were Romanian Orthodox, 13.8% Baptist, 12.5% Pentecostal and 2.1% stated they belonged to another religion.

There is a primary school (grades 1 to 8) in Creaca and Jac and only 1-4 grades in the rest of the villages, except Viile Jacului.

The main occupations involve the farms around the village. Most of the men are gone to work in other European Union countries. The ones who stayed work in Zalău, commuting between Zalău and the commune's villages. In the communist era, the people worked mostly in Zalău and on state farms.

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  View of Jac village
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  Bust of Trajan in Jac
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  Wooden Orthodox church in Jac
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  Old mine in Jac

• Official site