Tărcăița

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Tărcăița

Total population

497

Air quality index

46Good

Coordinates46.59°, 22.34°

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

Overview

Tărcaia is a commune in Bihor County, Crișana, Romania with a population of 1,969 people. It is composed of four villages: Mierag (Mérág), Tărcaia, Tărcăița (Tárkányka) and Totoreni (Tatárfalva).

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

Adrian Pintea

Romanian actor

Vasile Blaga

Romanian politician

L

László Birek

Romanian physician

K

Károly Engel

J

János Papp

Hungarian lawyer (1877–1938)

G

Gheorghe Solomie

Romanian rugby union player

C

Cosmin Bodea

Romanian footballer

E

Edward Clug

Romanian-Slovenian theatre and ballet dancer and choreographer

J

Josef Dande

Hungarian artist (1911-1969)

László Benedek

Hungarian physician

B

Béla Szokolay

Hungarian puppeteer, teacher

J

Jenő Halmi

actor

J

János Bottyán

Hungarian journalist

K

Kálmán Csákabonyi

Hungarian archivist

K

Károly Mártonffy

Hungarian jurist, university teacher (1890–1979)

P

Péter Bunta

Romanian historian

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

Nearby places in Bihor

• Mierag
  1.8 mi away · pop. 270
• Totoreni
  3.1 mi away · pop. 343
• Lazuri de Beiuș
  3.2 mi away · pop. 400
• Tărcaia
  3.5 mi away · pop. 1,255
• Păntășești
  3.9 mi away · pop. 186
• Drăgănești
  4 mi away · pop. 422
• Grădinari
  4 mi away · pop. 478
• Păcălești
  4.2 mi away · pop. 372
• Finiș
  4.5 mi away · pop. 1,849
• Sudrigiu
  4.7 mi away · pop. 421
• Țigăneștii de Beiuș
  4.7 mi away · pop. 374
• Șebiș
  5.1 mi away · pop. 373

Browse all places in Bihor →

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

House Sparrow

Passer domesticus

Seen 2026-07-10

Eurasian Jay

Garrulus glandarius

Seen 2026-07-01

Seven-spotted Lady Beetle

Coccinella septempunctata

Seen 2026-05-17

European Firebug

Pyrrhocoris apterus

Seen 2026-05-17

Purple Mullein

Verbascum phoeniceum

Seen 2026-05-17

greater plantain

Plantago major

Seen 2026-05-17

Schreibers' Long-fingered Bat

Miniopterus schreibersii

Seen 2026-05-02

Red-breasted Carrion Beetle

Oiceoptoma thoracicum

Seen 2026-04-17

Pear-shaped Puffball

Apioperdon pyriforme

Seen 2026-04-06

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

Official Identifiers