Băbiu

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Băbiu

Total population

129

Air quality index

39Good

Elevation368 m

Coordinates46.95°, 23.06°

Demographic figures from INS Romania. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Almașu is a commune located in Sălaj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of nine villages: Almașu, Băbiu (Bábony), Cutiș (Kiskökényes), Jebucu (Zsobok), Mesteacănu (Almásnyíres), Petrinzel (Kispetri), Sfăraș (Farnas), Stana (Sztána), and Țăudu (Cold).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Ioniță Scipione Bădescu

Romanian poet

László Ravasz

bishop (1882–1975)

T

Tímea Antal

Samu Balázs

Hungarian actor (1906–1981)

M

Mária Borsai

F

Ferenc Bálint

Zoltán Gábos

theoretical physicist

Atilla Kiss B.

Hungarian opera singer

S

Sigismond Kolos-Vary

Hungarian born French painter (1899-1983)

Dezső Kozma

András Kós

Hungarian-Romanian sculptor

Károly Kós

E

Endre László

Hungarian writer

András Mihalik

I

Imre Mikó

Hungarian writer, politician from Romania (1911-1977)

J

József Palotás

Hungarian chemist

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.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Pallas's Fritillary

Argynnis laodice

Seen 2026-08-24

Convolvulus Hawkmoth

Agrius convolvuli

Seen 2026-08-22

European Mantis

Mantis religiosa

Seen 2026-08-21

Spotted-wing antlion

Euroleon nostras

Seen 2026-07-24

The Handmaid

Dysauxes ancilla

Seen 2026-07-23

European Comma

Polygonia c-album

Seen 2026-07-12

Spotted Sulphur

Emmelia trabealis

Seen 2026-07-12

Leather Beetle

Carabus coriaceus

Seen 2026-07-10

smooth ground beetle

Carabus glabratus

Seen 2026-07-10

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers