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Also known as Esküllő, Uschelau, Aştileu

Aștileu () is a commune in Bihor County, Crișana, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Aștileu, Călățea (Kalota), Chistag (Keszteg), and Peștere (Körösbarlang).

Key facts

Romanian subdivision.type
commune
Romanian subdivision.county
Bihor
Romanian subdivision.name
Aștileu
Romanian subdivision.image_skyline
Church astileu.640.jpg
Romanian subdivision.image_caption
Orthodox church in Aștileu
Romanian subdivision.image_map
Astileu jud Bihor.svg
Romanian subdivision.map_caption
Location in Bihor County
Romanian subdivision.leader_name
Vasile-Ionuț Lazăr
Romanian subdivision.leader_party
PNL
Romanian subdivision.leader_term
2024–2028
Romanian subdivision.elevation
229
Romanian subdivision.area_total
58.8
Romanian subdivision.population_total
auto
Romanian subdivision.postal_code
417020
Romanian subdivision.area_code
+(40) x59

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Aștileu
Located in
Bihor County
Capital
Aștileu
Population
3134
Area
58.800000
Time zone
UTC+03:00
Image
Church astileu.640.jpg
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contains settlement
Peștere
native label
Esküllő
phone number
+40-259349097
street address
Str. Principală, nr 202
population by native language
12
email address
mailto:[email protected]
Commons category
Aștileu commune, Bihor
historical region
Crișana
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Encyclopedic overview

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Aștileu () is a commune in Bihor County, Crișana, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Aștileu, Călățea (Kalota), Chistag (Keszteg), and Peștere (Körösbarlang).

The commune is located in the central part of the county, east of the county seat, Oradea, and from the border with Hungary. The closest town to Aștileu is Aleșd, on the opposite bank of the Crișul Repede. There is a small church. Aștileu is located on the Aleșd–Beiuș route. The Vadu Crișului – Aștileu Canal supplies water to the Aștileu hydroelectric plant, with an installed capacity of 2.8 MW.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aștileu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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