Mociu

Mociu is a commune inside the county of Cluj, Transylvania, Romania, which includes the villages Boteni, Chesau, Criseni, Falca, Ghirisu Roman, Mociu, Rosieni, Turmasi and Zorenii de Vale. The oldest dwellings within the area have been determined within the east a part of Mociu village, courting from the Neolithic.

Also inside the place, on the Cionca Hill had been observed a copper fragments of the Eneolithic duration. From the Dacian duration there has been found close to the village of Criseni a treasure of 82 coins of silver, cash made very well. On the border of the Mociu and Suatu communes were located two inhumation tombs courting from the 4th century BC, considered one of them belonging to a Dacian-Roman province. The first documentary attestation dates again to 1219, the locality being referred to as "Villa Mochy" inside the Oradea Register as a village adjoined to Dabaca castle. This point out of the village led to the estimation of its look someplace in the Xth century. There are several theories associated with the foundation of the call Mociu. The name could come from the fact that there are numerous marshy areas in the location.