Salva

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Salva

Total population

3,105

Founded

1440

Elevation313 m

Land area29.36 km²

Coordinates47.31°, 24.36°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Salva is a commune in Bistrița-Năsăud County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Salva, and included the village of Runcu Salvei until the it was split off to form a separate commune in 2005.

Geography

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

Earthquake history

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

Notable people from here

Vasile Dîncu

Romanian politician

George Coșbuc

Romanian poet, translator, teacher and journalist (1866-1918)

Daiana Mureșan

Romanian volleyball player

Oszkár Bárd

Hungarian poet

Nicolae Bretan

Romanian musician and music critic (1887–1968)

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Tibor Oláh

Hungarian writer, theatre critic and literary historian from Romania (1921-1996)

Joel Brand

rescue worker (1906-1964)

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Sergiu Homei

Romanian footballer

Veronica Micle

Romanian writer (1850-1889)

Ion Ciocan

Romanian politician and academic from Hungary of Kingdom (1850-1915)

S

Sandu Negrean

Romanian footballer

T

Tudor Bompa

American academic

Vasile Ianul

Romanian association football player (1945-2013)

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József Denderle

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Oszkár Engelberg

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Tibor Beder

Hungarian geographer (1938-2020)

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

Nearby places in Bistrița-Năsăud

• Nimigea de Sus
  2.2 mi away · pop. 640
• Mititei
  2.4 mi away · pop. 809
• Runcu Salvei
  3 mi away · pop. 1,665
• Lușca
  3 mi away · pop. 641
• Năsăud
  3 mi away · pop. 10,740
• Zagra
  3.8 mi away · pop. 1,236
• Mocod
  4.1 mi away · pop. 752
• Nimigea de Jos
  4.4 mi away · pop. 1,512
• Coșbuc
  4.5 mi away · pop. 2,066
• Rebrișoara
  4.6 mi away · pop. 3,374
• Mintiu
  4.8 mi away · pop. 483
• Liviu Rebreanu
  4.8 mi away · pop. 795

Browse all places in Bistrița-Năsăud →

Geography & sun

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

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.