Moldovenești
Sign in to saveMoldovenești (formerly Orfalău and Varfalău; ; ) is a commune in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Bădeni (Bágyon), Moldovenești, Pietroasa (Csegez), Podeni (Székelyhidas), Plăiești (Kövend), and Stejeriș (Kercsed). Vălenii de Arieș (formerly Rachișul de Arieș or for short Rachiș; Aranyosrákos; Krebsbach) was a separate village until 1966, when it was absorbed into Moldovenești village.
Key facts
- Romanian subdivision.type
- commune
- Romanian subdivision.county
- Cluj
- Romanian subdivision.name
- Moldovenești
- Romanian subdivision.subdivisions
- Bădeni, Moldovenești, Pietroasa, Plăiești, Podeni, Stejeriș
- Romanian subdivision.other_name
- Orfalău, Varfalău Várfalva
- Romanian subdivision.image_skyline
- RO CJ Biserica reformata din Stejeris (4).JPG
- Romanian subdivision.image_caption
- Reformed church in Stejeriș
- Romanian subdivision.image_map
- Moldovenesti jud Cluj.png
- Romanian subdivision.map_caption
- Location in Cluj County
- Romanian subdivision.leader_name
- Ioan Mărginean
- Romanian subdivision.leader_party
- UDMR
- Romanian subdivision.term
- 2020–2024
- Romanian subdivision.elevation
- 408
- Romanian subdivision.area_total
- 139
- Romanian subdivision.population_total
- auto
- Romanian subdivision.postal_code
- 407430
- Romanian subdivision.area_code
- +(40) x64
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of Romania
- Official name
- Moldovenești
- Country
- Kingdom of Hungary
- Located in
- Cluj County
- Capital
- Moldovenești
- Population
- 3076
- Area
- 139.000000
- Elevation
- 408.000000
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Official website
- www.cjcluj.ro/moldovenesti
- Image
- RO CJ Biserica reformata din Stejeris (4).JPG
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- contains settlement
- Stejeriș
- Commons category
- Moldovenești commune, Cluj
- postal code
- 407430
- native label
- Várfalva-Aranyosrákos
- phone number
- +40-364801900
- street address
- STR. PRINCIPALĂ, Nr. 240, COM. MOLDOVENEŞTI, Cod Postal 407430, Jud. CLUJ
- population by native language
- 1495
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- historical region
- Transylvania
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Geography
- History
- Etymology
- Population
- Natives
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Moldovenești (formerly Orfalău and Varfalău; ; ) is a commune in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Bădeni (Bágyon), Moldovenești, Pietroasa (Csegez), Podeni (Székelyhidas), Plăiești (Kövend), and Stejeriș (Kercsed). Vălenii de Arieș (formerly Rachișul de Arieș or for short Rachiș; Aranyosrákos; Krebsbach) was a separate village until 1966, when it was absorbed into Moldovenești village.
==Geography== The commune is situated in the northern foothills of the Trascău Mountains, at an altitude of , in the valley of the Arieș River. It is located in the southern part of Cluj County, southwest of Turda and south of the county seat, Cluj-Napoca, on the border with Alba County.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Moldovenești” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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