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Var
Sălajvillage
Total population
551
Demographic figures from INS Romania. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Var, a small village in Sălaj, Romania, forms part of the country's settled landscape. Recent open-data figures place its population at about 551. Var maps to 47.236°, 23.300° — squarely within the temperate belt. The location receives about 1,279 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year and sunshine for roughly 50% of daylight hours. The latitude suggests four distinct seasons with warm summers and cold winters. Additional figures on demographics, climate, geography and points of interest appear in the sections that follow, all drawn from open public datasets.
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History & geography
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves22
- Desert false indigo, False indigo-bush, Bastard indigobushAmorpha fruticosa L. · Magnoliopsida18
- Great TitParus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves18
- Common RavenCorvus corax Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves16
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves16
- Canadian GoldenrodSolidago canadensis L. · Magnoliopsida16
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves15
- RagweedAmbrosia artemisiifolia L. · Magnoliopsida15
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 4.3 — 2025-10-153 km SSW of Porumbești, Romania
- M 4 — 2015-07-198 km WSW of Neresnytsya, Ukraine
- M 2.6 — 2006-12-0810 km NNW of Horea, Romania
- M 3 — 2006-07-145 km NNE of Dobre?ti, Romania
- M 3.1 — 2005-05-174 km SSE of M?rg?u, 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
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about Var
Search results from Open Library.
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species









Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
Events
Gallery
Sources
- • Wikidata
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library