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Avram Iancu
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Avram Iancu
Total population
2,047
Demographic figures from INS Romania. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
Avram Iancu is a commune in Bihor County, in Crișana, Romania. The commune is composed of three villages: Ant (Ant), Avram Iancu and Tămașda (Tamáshida). The majority of the population (96%) in Avram Iancu village is Romanian. Overall, the commune is 74.7% Romanian, 15.6% Roma, and 9.6% Hungarian. The architecture of the commune is typical for a Romanian field village: the main street traverses the village, houses being equally distributed along it.
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History
The first official documentation of human settlement in the area dates back to 1169. The document mentions a very small village called Villa Tamasd, which in fact is the village Tămașda, a component of the today commune. In the early 1600s, the establishment was destroyed when it was caught in a battle between the Turkish and Hungarian armies. In 1700 the establishment and its surroundings were transformed into a fiefdom for a Hungarian noble. Today's village of Avram Iancu was founded in the early 1900s by Romanian colonists who came from the eastern region of Bihor County. They received here land from King Ferdinand I of Romania, the village being named Regina Maria after Ferdinand's wife, Queen Marie. In 1950, under the Communist regime, it was renamed after the 1848 Revolution Romanian hero Avram Iancu.
Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Scarce Bordered StrawHelicoverpa armigera (Hübner, 1808) · Insecta58
- Tree-of-HeavenAilanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle · Magnoliopsida57
- False-acaciaRobinia pseudoacacia L. · Magnoliopsida55
- Silver-studded BluePlebejus argus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta54
- Four-spottedTyta luctuosa (Denis & Schiffermüller), 1775 · Insecta51
- Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto (Frivaldszky, 1838) · Aves49
- Spotted SulphurAcontia trabealis (Scopoli, 1763) · Insecta48
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus (von Rottemburg, 1775) · Insecta45
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 4.3 — 2024-08-105 km NNE of Ohaba Lungă, Romania
- M 3.5 — 2023-08-206 km SE of Szarvas, Hungary
- M 3.4 — 2023-08-1910 km E of Szarvas, Hungary
- M 3.7 — 2023-08-1910 km ESE of Szarvas, Hungary
- M 3.6 — 2023-08-1910 km ESE of Szarvas, Hungary
- M 4.7 — 2023-06-066 km SW of Frumu?eni, Romania
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about this place
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
Events
Gallery
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API