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Var

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Total population

551

Coordinates47.24°, 23.30°

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

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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

Latitude
47.2356
Longitude
23.3001
Water area
View on OpenStreetMap

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

Climate

Air quality

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
1,303
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Common Buzzard
    Buteo buteo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    22
  • Desert false indigo, False indigo-bush, Bastard indigobush
    Amorpha fruticosa L. · Magnoliopsida
    18
  • Great Tit
    Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    18
  • Common Raven
    Corvus corax Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    16
  • Eurasian Magpie
    Pica pica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    16
  • Canadian Goldenrod
    Solidago canadensis L. · Magnoliopsida
    16
  • Eurasian Blackbird
    Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    15
  • Ragweed
    Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. · Magnoliopsida
    15

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
5
Largest magnitude
4.3
Largest event
2025-10-15

Most recent

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

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
3.5
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,279

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

Nearby airports

Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
1
Avg daily Wikipedia views
0
Attention level
Obscure

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

Sources

  • Wikidata
  • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
  • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
  • iNaturalist
  • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
  • Wikipedia Pageviews API
  • Open Library