Viișoara

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Viișoara

Total population

1,022

Coordinates47.39°, 22.44°

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

Overview

Viișoara is a commune in Bihor County, Crișana, Romania with a population of 1,336 people. It is composed of four villages: Izvoarele (Szolnokháza), Pădureni (Erdőtelep), Reghea (Csekenye), and Viișoara.

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

János Horváth

literary historian (1878-1961)

György Harag

Hungarian actor and director (1925–1985)

Attila Cseke

Romanian politician

C

Csaba Bereczki

screenwriter

Adorján Bónyi

Hungarian journalist (1892–1967)

J

János Duka

Romanian writer

L

László Fémes

Hungarian journalist

J

János Fónagy

Hungarian journalist (1900–1929)

L

Lajos Fóris

Károly Réthy

Hungarian geologist from Romania

A

András Zakar

Hungarian Catholic priest

N

Nicolas Farkas

Hungarian born American filmmaker (1890-1982)

D

Dorin N. Poenaru

physicist

Sándor Wilhelm

Romanian biologist

V

Violeta Friedman

Romanian woman Holocaust survivor

Menachem Mendel Taub

Hasidic rebbe

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

Cherry laurel

Prunus laurocerasus

Seen 2026-07-13

Chinese catalpa

Catalpa ovata

Seen 2026-07-13

staghorn sumac

Rhus typhina

Seen 2026-07-13

Pink Stonecrop

Sedum cepaea

Seen 2026-06-20

Grass Vetchling

Lathyrus nissolia

Seen 2026-06-20

rattail sixweeks grass

Festuca myuros

Seen 2026-06-20

Common Cudweed

Filago germanica

Seen 2026-06-20

Dotted Loosestrife

Lysimachia punctata

Seen 2026-06-20

European Peacock Butterfly

Aglais io

Seen 2026-04-26

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