Buia

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Buia

Total population

664

Air quality index

54Moderate

Coordinates45.97°, 24.28°

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

Overview

Șeica Mare is a commune located in Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Boarta, Buia, Mighindoala, Petiș, Șeica Mare, and Ștenea. Calvaser was also a village until the late 20th century, when it was absorbed by Șeica Mare village.

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

Farkas Bolyai

Hungarian mathematician

Polixénia Daniel

Hungarian noble and writer (1720-1775)

J

Joseph Filtsch

Transylvanian priest

Izidor Kappel

C

Cornel Știrbeț

Romanian politician

R

Romulus Nicolae Mailat

Cornel Oțelea

Romanian handball player (1940–2025)

J

Johann Plattner

I

Ioan-Vasile Leb

T

Teodora Lișcu

Romanian painter

L

Lorenz Sievert

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.

Official Identifiers