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Colțești

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Colțești

Total population

753

Coordinates46.42°, 23.56°

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City facts

Overview

Rimetea is a commune located in Alba County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Colțești and Rimetea. A former mining town, today it is known as the location of the Piatra Secuiului mountain.

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History & geography

Geography

Latitude
46.4215
Longitude
23.5598
Water area
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

Air quality

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
9,807
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Wall-rue
    Asplenium ruta-muraria L. · Polypodiopsida
    148
  • Great Tit
    Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    131
  • False-acacia
    Robinia pseudoacacia L. · Magnoliopsida
    115
  • Common Raven
    Corvus corax Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    110
  • Eurasian Magpie
    Pica pica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    106
  • Common Chaffinch
    Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    105
  • Common Buzzard
    Buteo buteo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    100
  • Eurasian Kestrel
    Falco tinnunculus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    91

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

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
2
Largest magnitude
3.1
Largest event
2005-05-17

Most recent

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

Photos

Sights & places nearby

Notable people from here

J
János Bartók
I
István Borbély
Hungarian literary historian
J
János Gergely
Hungarian botanist from Romania (1928-1989)
M
Máté Toroczkai
Bishop of the Unitarian Church in Cluj
A
Andor Czupor
S
Simon Tamás
Romanian actor
E
Emanuel Diaconescu
János Gáspár
János Gáspár
Hungarian teacher (1816–1892)
I
István Lázár
Hungarian Unitarian pastor and philosopher (1742–1811)
I
Ion Mărgineanu
Romanian writer

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

Nearby places in Alba

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
3.51
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,281

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

Nearby airports

Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
6
Avg daily Wikipedia views
0
Attention level
Obscure

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about this place

Recent natural events nearby

Ground air-quality sensors

Recently spotted species

Norway maple
Norway maple
Acer platanoides
Seen 2026-09-21
common toadflax
common toadflax
Linaria vulgaris
Seen 2026-09-21
Byzantine Crocus
Byzantine Crocus
Crocus banaticus
Seen 2026-09-21
European beech
European beech
Fagus sylvatica
Seen 2026-09-21
Yellow Odontites
Yellow Odontites
Odontites luteus
Seen 2026-09-14
Cross Orbweaver
Cross Orbweaver
Araneus diadematus
Seen 2026-09-06
Eastern Slowworm
Eastern Slowworm
Anguis colchica
Seen 2026-09-05
Great Stonecrop
Great Stonecrop
Hylotelephium maximum
Seen 2026-08-30
Hoof Fungus
Hoof Fungus
Fomes fomentarius
Seen 2026-08-30

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