Frâncenii de Piatră

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Frâncenii de Piatră

Total population

16

Coordinates47.32°, 23.68°

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

Overview

Gâlgău is a commune located in Sălaj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of nine villages: Bârsău Mare (Nagyborszó), Căpâlna (Csicsókápolna), Chizeni (Közfalu), Dobrocina (Döbörcsény), Fodora (Oláhfodorháza), Frâncenii de Piatră (Kőfrinkfalva), Gâlgău, Glod (Szamossósmező) and Gura Vlădesei (Vlegyászatanya). In 2011 the total population was 2456.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Á

Árpád Bardócz

Hungarian poet, translator (1888–1953)

J

József Benedek

Hungarian actor (1827-1892)

J

József Fodor

poet (1898–1973)

E

Endre Kovács

P

Piroska Szabó

Hungarian journalist from Romania (1947-2014)

Eugen von Daday

Romanian zoologist working in Hungary

K

Kálmán Battyán

actor

D

Daniil Graur

Romanian teacher

L

Lajos Cseterki

Hungarian politician (1921-1983)

I

Ion Gheorghe Popa

Romanian politician

Aurel Duma

Romanian communist politician

R

Rosa Eperjessy de Károlyfejérvár

13 Dec 1813 Fodorházá, Kom.Torontál - 25 Jun 1884 Magyar-Egregy

L

Lajos Kovács

(1860–1921) actor

B

Béla Simó

Hungarian land owner, politician

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

Nearby places in Sălaj

• Măgura
  1.3 mi away · pop. 33
• Bârsăuța
  1.8 mi away · pop. 25
• Glod
  2.5 mi away · pop. 505
• Dolheni
  2.8 mi away · pop. 179
• Ileanda
  3 mi away · pop. 1,235
• Gâlgău
  3 mi away · pop. 838
• Poiana Blenchii
  3.4 mi away · pop. 753
• Bârsău Mare
  3.5 mi away · pop. 291
• Chizeni
  3.6 mi away · pop. 141
• Bizușa-Băi
  3.8 mi away · pop. 76
• Dăbâceni
  3.9 mi away · pop. 204
• Fodora
  4 mi away · pop. 486

Browse all places in Sălaj →

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

Chestnut Heath

Coenonympha glycerion

Seen 2026-08-14

Meadow Brown

Maniola jurtina

Seen 2026-08-14

White Stork

Ciconia ciconia

Seen 2026-07-27

Black Redstart

Phoenicurus ochruros

Seen 2026-05-23

lesser periwinkle

Vinca minor

Seen 2026-03-17

common bilberry

Vaccinium myrtillus

Seen 2026-03-17

Primrose

Primula vulgaris

Seen 2026-03-17

Common Buzzard

Buteo buteo

Seen 2026-02-22

Eurasian Beaver

Castor fiber

Seen 2025-11-27

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

Official Identifiers