GilÃÂu (; or Gela) is a commune in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is made up of three villages: GilÃÂu, SomeÃÂu Cald (Melegszamos), and SomeÃÂu Rece (Hidegszamos).
The commune lies in the northeastern foothills of the Apuseni Mountains. It is located in the central part of Cluj County, about west of the county seat, Cluj-Napoca.
GilÃÂu borders the communes of Baciu and GârbÃÂu to the north, FloreÃÂti to the east, SÃÂvÃÂdisla to the southeast, MÃÂguri-RÃÂcÃÂtÃÂu and MÃÂriÃÂel to the south and southwest, and CÃÂpuÃÂu Mare to the west.
According to the census from 2002, the commune had a population of 7,861, of which 83.43% were ethnic Romanians, 9.45% ethnic Hungarians, and 7.08% ethnic Romani. At the 2021 census, GilÃÂu had a population of 8,980; of those, 73.63% were Romanians, 9.13% Roma, and 6.43% Hungarians.