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
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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.