BonÃÂida (; , , transl. "Bonc's bridge"; ) is a commune in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of four villages: BonÃÂida, Coasta (Gyulatelke), RÃÂscruci (Válaszút), and TÃÂuÃÂeni (Marokháza).
The commune lies in the Transylvanian Plain, on the banks of the rivers SomeÃÂul Mic, BorÃÂa, and Sicu. It is located in north-central Cluj County, northeast of the county seat, Cluj-Napoca, and part of the Cluj-Napoca metropolitan area. BonÃÂida is crossed by the national road , which connects Cluj-Napoca to Baia Mare and the RomaniaâÂÂUkraine border at Halmeu.
BonÃÂida is known as the home of a Baroque castle owned by the Bánffy family (of which Miklós Bánffy was a member); partly destroyed during World War II and neglected by the communist regime in Romania, it is currently being restored.
The Bánffy family had another castle in RÃÂscruci, which is part of BonÃÂida and also the birthplace of poet Albert Wass. The RÃÂscruci castle features in the reminiscences of an English governess, Florence Tarring, who worked for one of the branches of the Bánffy family during World War I (1914–1919).
According to the census from 2002 there was a total population of 4,722 people living in this town; of this population, 65.07% were ethnic Romanians, 19.10% were ethnic Hungarians and 15.75% ethnic Romani. At the 2021 census, BonÃÂida had a population of 5,191, of which 73.8% were Romanians, 9.25% Hungarians, and 6.88% Roma.