Meseșenii de Jos

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Meseșenii de Jos

Total population

729

Coordinates47.15°, 22.95°

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

Overview

Meseșenii de Jos is a commune located in Sălaj County, Crișana, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Aghireș (Egrespatak), Fetindia (Gurzófalva), Meseșenii de Jos and Meseșenii de Sus (Oláhkecel).

Geography

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

Notable people from here

László Sámi

Hungarian historian (1817–1881)

Cristina Casandra

athletics competitor

Florian Pop

Romanian mathematician

Eduard Raul Hellvig

Romanian politician

Ramona Farcău

Romanian handball player

Z

Zoltán Ajtay

Hungarian mining engineer (1900-1983)

A

Alexandru Dragomir

Romanian philosopher (1916-2002)

G

György Bátai

pastor (–1672)

Iharka Csillik

Romanian mathematician (1975–)

B

Bálint Dobai

Hungarian poet

Dacian Cioloș

64th Prime Minister of Romania (2015-2017)

D

Dorin Goga

Romanian footballer

C

Csaba Béla Fábián

Hungarian mathematician, economist (1941-2019)

István Győri Illés

Hungarian poet, journalist (1892-1970)

M

Magda Győri

Gyula Kincs

Hungarian historian, high school teacher and journalist (1859-1915)

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

Nearby places in Sălaj

• Meseșenii de Sus
  2.5 mi away · pop. 987
• Recea Mică
  2.8 mi away · pop. 213
• Horoatu Crasnei
  3 mi away · pop. 997
• Recea
  3 mi away · pop. 677
• Șeredeiu
  3 mi away · pop. 250
• Aghireș
  3.3 mi away · pop. 1,196
• Fetindia
  3.3 mi away · pop. 125
• Crasna
  3.8 mi away · pop. 4,241
• Vârșolț
  4.1 mi away · pop. 1,765
• Panic
  4.2 mi away · pop. 892
• Peceiu
  4.5 mi away · pop. 1,208
• Stârciu
  4.7 mi away · pop. 1,001

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

Dicerca berolinensis

Dicerca berolinensis

Seen 2026-08-15

Small-flowered Crane's-bill

Geranium pusillum

Seen 2026-07-29

greater plantain

Plantago major

Seen 2026-07-29

Red Trefoil

Trifolium rubens

Seen 2026-07-05

European Mantis

Mantis religiosa

Seen 2026-07-05

flaxleaf

Thesium linophyllon

Seen 2026-07-05

Cross Gentian

Gentiana cruciata

Seen 2026-07-05

Fragrant Orchid

Gymnadenia conopsea

Seen 2026-06-20

Large Self-heal

Prunella grandiflora

Seen 2026-06-20

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