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Giurtelecu Șimleului

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Giurtelecu Șimleului

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village in Măeriște, Sălaj County, Romania

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Giurtelecu Șimleului is a village in Sălaj County, Romania, situated within the historical region of Transylvania. It is part of the Măeriște administrative territorial entity and lies next to the Crasna body of water. The settlement has an area of 20.000000 and an elevation above sea level of 410. Its earliest written record dates to 1259, which is also listed as its inception year.

The village has a population of 935, though another source lists the population as 1149. It is located in the Europe/Bucharest time zone, observing UTC+02:00 and UTC+03:00. The postal code for the area is 457238.

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Place details

Locality
Giurtelecu Șimleului
Region
Sălaj County
Country
România
Population
1,149
Timezone
Europe/Bucharest

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Air quality

38US AQIGood
PM2.5
6.8 µg/m³
PM10
9.2 µg/m³
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Wikidata facts

Instance of
village
Official name
Giurtelecu Șimleului
Located in
Măeriște
Population
795
Area
20.000000
Elevation
410
Time zone
UTC+03:00
Body of water
Crasna
Image
Giurtelecu Șimleului.jpg
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Commons category
Giurtelecu Șimleului, Sălaj
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Giurtelecu Șimleului
postal code
457238
native label
Giurtelecu Șimleului
time of earliest written record
1259-00-00
inception
1259-00-00
historical region
Transylvania
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Encyclopedic overview

Măeriște (Hungarian: Krasznahídvég; German: Bruckend) is a commune located in Sălaj County, Crișana, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Criștelec (Kerestelek), Doh (Doh), Giurtelecu Șimleului (Somlyógyőrtelek), Măeriște, Mălădia (Maladé), and Uileacu Șimleului (Somlyóújlak).

Geography

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