Zalău

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Zalău

Total population

56,202

Air quality index

51Moderate

WeatherAvg high 60.1°F

Coordinates47.18°, 23.06°

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

Overview

Zalău (Romanian pronunciation: [zaˈləw], unofficial and former official name: Romanian: Zălau is the seat of Sălaj County, Romania. In 2021, its estimated population was 52,359.

Geography

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

Climate

10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).

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

László Sámi

Hungarian historian (1817–1881)

Cristina Casandra

athletics competitor

Florian Pop

Romanian mathematician

Eduard Raul Hellvig

Romanian politician

Ramona Farcău

Romanian handball player

Z

Zoltán Ajtay

Hungarian mining engineer (1900-1983)

A

Alexandru Dragomir

Romanian philosopher (1916-2002)

S

Sámuel Beke

G

György Bátai

pastor (–1672)

Iharka Csillik

Romanian mathematician (1975–)

B

Bálint Dobai

Hungarian poet

Dacian Cioloș

64th Prime Minister of Romania (2015-2017)

D

Dorin Goga

Romanian footballer

C

Csaba Béla Fábián

Hungarian mathematician, economist (1941-2019)

Dániel Gecse

medical doctor from Hungary

István Győri Illés

Hungarian poet, journalist (1892-1970)

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

Nearby places in Sălaj

• Aghireș
  2.3 mi away · pop. 1,196
• Crișeni
  3.3 mi away · pop. 1,044
• Panic
  3.4 mi away · pop. 892
• Fetindia
  3.4 mi away · pop. 125
• Recea Mică
  3.9 mi away · pop. 213
• Stâna
  4.2 mi away · pop. 427
• Moigrad-Porolissum
  4.2 mi away · pop. 516
• Mirșid
  4.5 mi away · pop. 636
• Hereclean
  5 mi away · pop. 468
• Meseșenii de Sus
  5.1 mi away · pop. 987
• Gârceiu
  5.2 mi away · pop. 448
• Recea
  5.3 mi away · pop. 677

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 Zalău

Search results from Open Library.