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Valea Capelei
Harghitavillage
Total population
313
Air quality index
Demographic figures from INS Romania. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Valea Capelei is a small village in Harghita, Romania. Coordinates of 46.559°, 25.990° situate Valea Capelei in the temperate zone of the northern hemisphere. Recent open-data figures place its population at about 313. Solar-resource estimates put the area at about 1,302 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year with sunshine for roughly 51% of daylight hours. Its latitude implies a climate characterised by four distinct seasons with warm summers and cold winters. 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
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Annual FleabaneErigeron annuus (L.) Pers. · Magnoliopsida53
- White StorkCiconia ciconia (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves35
- Sand lizardLacerta agilis Linnaeus, 1758 · Squamata34
- Horse-radishArmoracia rusticana P.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb. · Magnoliopsida27
- False-acaciaRobinia pseudoacacia L. · Magnoliopsida23
- Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis L. · Magnoliopsida22
- Common AmaranthAmaranthus retroflexus L. · Magnoliopsida21
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves20
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 4.2 — 2024-01-156 km WNW of Paltin, Romania
- M 4.5 — 2021-04-097 km WNW of Paltin, Romania
- M 4.4 — 2019-08-056 km WNW of Paltin, Romania
- M 4.1 — 2016-10-311 km WSW of Valea S?rii, Romania
- M 4.2 — 2013-03-161 km SSW of Sascut, Romania
- M 4.4 — 2011-06-243 km SE of Ostra, Romania
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
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
Gallery
Official Identifiers
INS — National Institute of Statistics (Romania)
- SIRUTA
- 84727
- Population (Wikidata)
- 305
- Wikidata
- Q944446
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