Mintiu Gherlii (; ) is a commune in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of six villages: BuneÃÂti (Széplak), Mintiu Gherlii, Nima (Néma), PÃÂdurenii (Coptelke), PetreÃÂti (Péterháza), and Salatiu (Szilágytà Â).
The commune is situated in the northwestern part of the Transylvanian Plateau, at an altitude of , on the banks of the SomeÃÂul Mic River. It is located in northern Cluj County, on the outskirts of the city of Gherla, south of Dej and northeast of the county seat, Cluj-Napoca.
Mintiu Gherlii is crossed by national road , which connects Cluj-Napoca to Baia Mare and the RomaniaâÂÂUkraine border at Halmeu.
According to the census from 2002 there was a total population of 3,860 people living in this commune. Of this population, 95.51% were ethnic Romanians, 3.44% ethnic Roma, and 1.03% ethnic Hungarians. At the 2011 census, there were 3,746 inhabitants, of which 91.24% were Romanians and 4.62% Roma. At the 2021 census, Mintiu Gherlii had a population of 3,598; of those, 85.91% were Romanians and 2.72% Roma.