Aleșd
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Aleșd (; , ) is a town in Bihor County, western Romania. It administers three villages: Pădurea Neagră (Feketeerdő), Peștiș (Sólyomkőpestes), and Tinăud (Tinód).
Key facts
- Romanian subdivision.type
- town
- Romanian subdivision.county
- Bihor
- Romanian subdivision.image_skyline
- Élesd - Az egykori Batthyány-Bethlen kastély.JPG
- Romanian subdivision.image_caption
- Aleșd Hospital, former Batthyany-Bethlen Castle
- Romanian subdivision.image_map
- Alesd jud Bihor.png
- Romanian subdivision.map_caption
- Location within Bihor County
- Romanian subdivision.image_shield
- ROU BH Alesd CoA.jpg
- Romanian subdivision.leader_name
- Ioan Coloman Todoca
- Romanian subdivision.leader_term
- 2024–2028
- Romanian subdivision.leader_party
- PNL
- Romanian subdivision.elevation
- 233
- Romanian subdivision.area_total
- 71.95
- Romanian subdivision.population_total
- auto
- Romanian subdivision.postal_code
- 415100
- Romanian subdivision.area_code
- (+40) 02 59
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Aleșd
- Country
- Kingdom of Hungary
- Located in
- Bihor County
- Population
- 9662
- Area
- 71.950000
- Elevation
- 224.000000
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Official website
- www.alesd-bihor.ro
- Image
- Élesd - Az egykori Batthyány-Bethlen kastély.JPG
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- native label
- Élesd
- Commons category
- Aleșd
- twinned administrative body
- Kaba
- contains settlement
- Tinăud
- postal code
- 415100
- street address
- Str. Bobâlna, nr. 3 Alesd
- phone number
- +40-259342539
- P8168
- Gaspar Cassadó
- population by native language
- 1118
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- inception
- 1291-00-00
- historical region
- Crișana
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Encyclopedic overview
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Aleșd (; , ) is a town in Bihor County, western Romania. It administers three villages: Pădurea Neagră (Feketeerdő), Peștiș (Sólyomkőpestes), and Tinăud (Tinód).
==Geography== The town is located in the east of the county, near the border with Cluj County, at the foot of the Apuseni Mountains. It lies on the banks of the river Crișul Repede, where the Vadu Crișului – Aștileu Canal connects with the river. The river Izvor flows into the Crișul Repede near Aleșd; the river Secătura flows into the Izvor in Peștiș village.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aleșd” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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