Valea Mare de Codru

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Valea Mare de Codru

Total population

145

Air quality index

46Good

Coordinates46.81°, 22.08°

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

Overview

Holod is a commune in Bihor County, Crișana, Romania. It is composed of eight villages: Dumbrava (Tenkemocsár), Dumbrăvița (Kisdombró), Forosig (Forrószeg), Hodiș (Káptalanhodos), Holod, Lupoaia (Farkaspatak), Valea Mare de Codru (Alsópatak), and Vintere (Venter).

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

Iosif Vulcan

writer of the late 19th century (1841–1907)

Zoltán Boros

Romanian film director (1939–)

P

Pál Köteles

Hungarian writer

J

János Kovács

Hungarian journalist, contributing editor from Romania (1921-1997)

E

Erzsébet Muckenhaupt

E

Ernő Neumann

Romanian Rabbi (1917-2004)

P

Pál Ney

G

Géza Ujhely

I

Iuliu Hirțea

Romanian bishop (1914-1978)

F

Ferenc Ille

actor (1929–1998)

C

Crăciun Floruța

Romanian politician

D

Dorel Jurcan

Romanian politician

F

Florica Duma

Romanian folk singer (1946-2017)

I

Ioan Anton

Romanian engineer (1924-2011)

Mircea Bradu

Romanian writer

V

Vasile Horga

Romanian politician

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.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Carabus cancellatus

Carabus cancellatus

Seen 2026-06-30

Silky Rosegill

Volvariella bombycina

Seen 2026-06-21

Black Redstart

Phoenicurus ochruros

Seen 2026-06-16

European Stonechat

Saxicola rubicola

Seen 2026-05-08

Western Roe Deer

Capreolus capreolus

Seen 2026-01-11

Magpie Inkcap

Coprinopsis picacea

Seen 2025-11-02

common toadflax

Linaria vulgaris

Seen 2025-09-27

moth mullein

Verbascum blattaria

Seen 2025-09-27

tansy

Tanacetum vulgare

Seen 2025-09-27

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

Official Identifiers