Iaz

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Iaz

Total population

663

Air quality index

35Good

Coordinates47.12°, 22.69°

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

Overview

Plopiș is a commune in Sălaj County, Crișana, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Făgetu, Iaz (Krasznajáz), and Plopiș.

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

J

József Birtalan

Romanian composer

M

Márton Diósy

Hungarian journalist, contributing editor (1818–1892)

M

Móric Ehrentheil

Zoltán Kása

Hungarian computer scientist and university professor

Róbert Csaba Szabó

Hungarian journalist

M

Márton Szilágyi Tönkö

(1642-1700)

S

Sámuel Tordai

Hungarian translator

Lucian Bode

Romanian politician

Ilie Borz

Romanian priest

L

Laszlo Fazakaș

Romanian Reformed pastor, poet, politician (1957–)

Á

Árpád Szabó

Romanian pedagogue

G

Găvrilă Ghilea

Romanian politician

István Schlett

Hungarian political scientist

G

György Verestói

Hungarian reformed pastor and poet (1739-1794)

J

Jakob Eliyahu Ephrathi

I

Irma Bánffy

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

Nearby places in Sălaj

• Sub Cetate
  1.1 mi away · pop. 498
• Plopiș
  1.7 mi away · pop. 1,496
• Valcău de Sus
  2 mi away · pop. 1,214
• Valcău de Jos
  2.4 mi away · pop. 967
• Bozieș
  2.9 mi away · pop. 352
• Preoteasa
  3 mi away · pop. 768
• Aleuș
  3.3 mi away · pop. 400
• Lazuri
  3.3 mi away · pop. 356
• Boghiș
  3.4 mi away · pop. 1,533
• Drighiu
  3.5 mi away · pop. 567
• Ratovei
  3.7 mi away · pop. 106
• Fizeș
  3.9 mi away · pop. 541

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

Oregano

Origanum vulgare

Seen 2026-07-19

Deadly Nightshade

Atropa bella-donna

Seen 2026-06-27

pinesap

Monotropa hypopitys

Seen 2026-06-27

European jack-o'-lantern

Omphalotus olearius

Seen 2026-06-13

Silky Rosegill

Volvariella bombycina

Seen 2026-06-13

Green Russula

Russula virescens

Seen 2026-06-12

devil's-fingers

Clathrus archeri

Seen 2026-06-12

hexagonal-pored polypore

Neofavolus alveolaris

Seen 2026-06-12

Tiered tooth fungus

Hericium cirrhatum

Seen 2026-06-12

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