Șimleu Silvaniei
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town in Sălaj County, Crișana, Romania
Key facts
- Country
- Romania
- County
- Sălaj
- Mayor 2024 2028
- Mihai-Cristian Lazar ( PNL )
- Area
- 62.26 km (24.04 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 234 m (768 ft)
- Population 2021 12 01
- 13,948
- Density
- 224.0/km (580.2/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00 ( EET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+03:00 ( EEST )
- Vehicle reg
- SJ
- Website
- www .simleusilvaniei .ro
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Șimleu Silvaniei
- Country
- Kingdom of Romania
- Located in
- Sălaj County
- Population
- 13948
- Area
- 62.26
- Elevation
- 234
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Capital of
- Kraszna County
- Official website
- www.simleusilvaniei.ro
- Image
- Szilágysomlyó-churches1.jpg
- Licence plate code
- SJ
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- described by source
- Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron
- twinned administrative body
- Szarvas
- Commons category
- Șimleu Silvaniei
- topic's main category
- Category:Șimleu Silvaniei
- postal code
- 455300
- inception
- 1251-00-00
- native label
- Schomlenmarkt
- time of earliest written record
- 1251-00-00
- phone number
- +40-260679220
- street address
- Piața Libertății 3, Șimleu Silvaniei, Sălaj, 455300
- P8168
- Pamela C. Rasmussen
- population by native language
- 2427
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- historical region
- Transylvania
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Encyclopedic overview
Șimleu Silvaniei ( Romanian pronunciation: [ʃimˌle.u silˈvani.ej]; Hungarian: Szilágysomlyó, German: Schomlenmarkt, Yiddish: שאַמלױ) is a town in Sălaj County, Crișana, Romania with a population of 13,948 people (2021 census). It is located near the ancient Dacian fortress Dacidava.
Three villages are administered by the town: Bic (Bükk), Cehei (Somlyócsehi), and Pusta (Csehipuszta).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Șimleu Silvaniei” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.