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Plesca

Sălajvillage

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Total population

197

Air quality index

36Good
Coordinates47.08°, 22.89°

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

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City facts

Overview

Plesca, a small village in Sălaj, Romania, forms part of the country's settled landscape. Located at 47.084°, 22.892°, Plesca occupies a temperate portion of the northern hemisphere. Public datasets list a population of roughly 197. Climatically, locations at this latitude tend to experience four distinct seasons with warm summers and cold winters. Open solar datasets indicate about 1,279 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year, combined with sunshine for roughly 50% of daylight hours. Further detail — demographics, climate, nearby amenities and natural-hazard data — is compiled below from public open-data sources.

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History & geography

Geography

Latitude
47.0844
Longitude
22.8917
Water area
View on OpenStreetMap

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

Climate

Air quality

US AQI — Good
36
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
8.7
PM10 (µg/m³)
13.7
Ozone (µg/m³)
73
NO₂ (µg/m³)
1.1

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
4,789
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Great Tit
    Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    255
  • Eurasian Collared-Dove
    Streptopelia decaocto (Frivaldszky, 1838) · Aves
    194
  • Eurasian Magpie
    Pica pica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    175
  • Eurasian Tree Sparrow
    Passer montanus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    162
  • House Sparrow
    Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    146
  • Rock Pigeon
    Columba livia J.F.Gmelin, 1789 · Aves
    119
  • Common Buzzard
    Buteo buteo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    110
  • Rook
    Corvus frugilegus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    110

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

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
4
Largest magnitude
4.3
Largest event
2025-10-15

Most recent

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

Photos

Sights & places nearby

Notable people from here

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

Geography & sun

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

Books about this place

Recent natural events nearby

Ground air-quality sensors

Recently spotted species

Events

Official Identifiers

INS — National Institute of Statistics (Romania)

SIRUTA
140565
Population (Wikidata)
159
Wikidata
Q957529

SIRUTA via Wikidata P843

Sources

  • Wikidata
  • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
  • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
  • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
  • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
  • INS — National Institute of Statistics (Romania) — SIRUTA via Wikidata P843