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{{Infobox Romanian subdivision
|type               = commune
|county             = Bistrița-Năsăud
|name               = Chiuza
|image_flag         =
|image_shield       =
|image_skyline      = RO BN Biserica reformata din Sasarm (1).jpg
|image_caption      = Reformed church in Săsarm
|image_location     =
|image_map          = Chiuza jud Bistrita-Nasaud.png
|map_caption        = Location in Bistrița-Năsăud County
|leader_name        = Grigore Bradea
|leader_party       = PSD
|leader_term        = 2020&ndash;2024
|coordinates        = {{coord|47|14|N|24|15|E|region:RO|display=it}}
|elevation          = 277
|elevation_min      =
|elevation_max      =
|area_total         = 44.21
|area_footnotes     =
|population_as_of   =
|population_total   = auto
|population_footnotes =
|postal_code        = 427060
|area_code          = +(40) x59
|website            = {{URL|https://chiuza.ro/}}
}}
'''Chiuza''' ({{langx|hu|Középfalva}}) is a commune in [[Bistrița-Năsăud County]], [[Transylvania]], [[Romania]]. It is composed of four villages: Chiuza, Mireș (''Diófás''), Piatra (''Kőfarka''), and Săsarm (''Szészárma'').
The commune is situated on the [[Transylvanian Plateau]], at an altitude of {{cvt|277|m}}, on the banks of the [[Someșul Mare|Someșul Mare River]].
According to statistics from 1760–1762, Piatra village had 58 families, three priests, and a church.<ref>Alexandru Lăpădatu and Ioan Lupaș (eds.), ''Anuarul Institutului de Istorie Națională'', vol. 3, 1924-1925, Cluj: Institutul de Arte Grafice "Ardealul" 1926, p. 657.</ref> At the [[2021 Romanian census|2021 census]], Chiuza commune had a population of 2,067; of those, 93.95% were [[Romanians]] and 1.06% [[Romani people in Romania|Roma]].<ref name="RPL2021">{{cite web|url=https://www.recensamantromania.ro/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Tabel-1.03_1.3.1-si-1.03.2.xls|title=Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021|publisher=[[National Institute of Statistics (Romania)|INSSE]]|language=ro|date=31 May 2023}}</ref>
==References==
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{{Gallery
|File:RO BN Biserica ortodoxa din Sasarm (2).jpg|Orthodox church in Săsarm
|File:RO BN Biserica romano-catolica din Sasarm (3).jpg|Catholic church in Săsarm
|File:RO BN Monumentul eroilor din Sasarm (2).jpg|World Wars Memorial in Săsarm
}}
{{Bistriţa-Năsăud County}}
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[[Category:Communes in Bistrița-Năsăud County]]
[[Category:Localities in Transylvania]]
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