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Cehu Silvaniei

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Cehu Silvaniei

Total population

6,160

Founded

1405

Elevation239 m
Land area67.77 km²
Coordinates47.41°, 23.18°

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City facts

Founded
1405
Area
67.77 km²
head of government
Ciprian-Aurelian Antișan
Official website
primaria-cehusilvaniei.ro

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Cehu Silvaniei is a town in Sălaj County, Crișana, Romania. Four villages are administered by the town: Horoatu Cehului (Oláhhorvát), Motiș (Mutos), Nadiș (Szilágynádasd), and Ulciug (Völcsök).

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History & geography

Geography

Latitude
47.4111
Longitude
23.1821
Water area
—
View on OpenStreetMap

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

Climate

Air quality

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
673
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Common Buzzard
    Buteo buteo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    17
  • Eurasian Magpie
    Pica pica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    17
  • Great Cormorant/European Shag
    Phalacrocorax carbo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    14
  • Mute Swan
    Cygnus olor (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) · Aves
    14
  • Mallard
    Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    14
  • Gray/Purple Heron
    Ardea cinerea Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    14
  • Eurasian Coot
    Fulica atra Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    13
  • Desert false indigo, False indigo-bush, Bastard indigobush
    Amorpha fruticosa L. · Magnoliopsida
    13

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

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
6
Largest magnitude
4.3
Largest event
2025-10-15

Most recent

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

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Sights & places nearby

Notable people from here

Béla Kun
Béla Kun
Hungarian Communist revolutionary and politician, the de facto leader of the Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919, People's Commissar of Foreign Affairs
G
György Fekete
E
Endre Horváth
I
István Marián
Hungarian lieutenant colonel, revolutionist in 1956
M
Miklós Molnár
hungarian-romanian economist (1922-1959)
Ferenc Nagy-Tóth
Ferenc Nagy-Tóth
Hungarian botanist
L
Lajos Nagy
Hungarian lawyers, prosecutors Officer
F
Ferenc Tolvay
Hungarian mathematician and poet (1649–cca 1710)
Ignatie Darabant
Ignatie Darabant
Romanian Catholic priest
D
Decebal Traian Remeș
Romanian economist and politician (1949–2020)
Agi Mishol
Agi Mishol
Israeli poet
A
Alexandru Koller
Romanian footballer (born 1953)
Doru Romulus Costea
Doru Romulus Costea
Romanian diplomat
George Pop de Băseşti
George Pop de Băseşti
Imperial Austrian-born Romanian lawyer and politician. President of the Great National Assembly of Alba Iulia
S
Sándor Szabó
roumanian journalist and poet
Z
Zsigmond Szabó

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Sălaj

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Geography & sun

Elevation
784 ft (239 m)
Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
3.5
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,279

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Nearby airports

Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
173
Avg daily Wikipedia views
6
Attention level
Obscure

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

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Sources

  • • Wikipedia
  • • Wikidata
  • • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
  • • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
  • • Open-Elevation
  • • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
  • • Wikipedia Pageviews API