Var

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Var

Total population

551

Elevation197 m

Coordinates47.24°, 23.30°

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

Overview

Jibou is a town in Sălaj County, Transylvania, Romania. In 2021 it had a population of 9,677. Jibou includes the town proper and other four villages: Rona, Cuceu (Kucsó), Husia (Hosszúújfalu), and Var (Szamosőrmező).

Geography

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

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

Vasile Pușcaș

Romanian politician (born 1952)

Cornel Damian

Roman Catholic bishop

Miklós Wesselényi

Hungarian politician (1796-1850)

I

Ioan Fekete Negruţiu

G

Gyula Lőrinczi

Romanian politician

G

Gyöngyi Orbán

S

Szilárd Sziklavári

Romanian opera singer (1980-2012)

Z

Zsuzsanna Wesselényi

(1744-1800) Hungarian writer

G

Géza P. Kováts

painter (1908-1956)

D

Dinu Iancu-Sălăjanu

Romanian singer

I

Ioan Gavra

Romanian politician

I

Ioan Taloș

Romanian anthropologist

I

István Szabó K.

I

Iosif Boda

politician

N

Nicolae Goldberger

politician

D

Dóra Czégényi

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

Nearby places in Sălaj

• Turbuța
  1 mi away · pop. 437
• Tihău
  1.5 mi away · pop. 1,113
• Borza
  1.7 mi away · pop. 245
• Prodănești
  1.8 mi away · pop. 327
• Rona
  2.3 mi away · pop. 425
• Jibou
  2.6 mi away · pop. 10,198
• Surduc
  2.7 mi away · pop. 1,437
• Ciglean
  2.7 mi away · pop. 210
• Gâlgău Almașului
  2.9 mi away · pop. 963
• Husia
  3.5 mi away · pop. 276
• Lupoaia
  3.8 mi away · pop. 315
• Brâglez
  4 mi away · pop. 390

Browse all places in Sălaj →

Geography & sun

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

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Var

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Common Sorrel

Rumex acetosa

Seen 2026-09-21

flower-of-an-hour

Hibiscus trionum

Seen 2026-09-21

tansy

Tanacetum vulgare

Seen 2026-09-21

upright yellow woodsorrel

Oxalis stricta

Seen 2026-09-20

common selfheal

Prunella vulgaris

Seen 2026-09-20

22-spot Ladybird

Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata

Seen 2026-09-20

Green Lizard

Lacerta viridis

Seen 2026-08-29

Blue-winged Grasshopper

Oedipoda caerulescens

Seen 2026-08-29

white poplar

Populus alba

Seen 2026-08-29

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