Meseșenii de Jos ( hu, Magyarkecel) is a

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located in

Sălaj County Sălaj County () (also known as ''Land of Silvania'', ''silva, -ae'' means "forest") is a Counties of Romania, county (''județ'') of Romania, located in the north-west of the country, in the Historical regions of Romania, historical regions of Cr ...

Crișana Crișana ( hu, Körösvidék, german: Kreischgebiet) is a geographical and historical region in north-western Romania, named after the Criș (Körös) River and its three tributaries: the Crișul Alb, Crișul Negru, and Crișul Repede. In Rom ...

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...

. It is composed of four villages: Aghireș (''Egrespatak''), Fetindia (''Gurzófalva''), Meseșenii de Jos and Meseșenii de Sus (''Oláhkecel''). In Romanian, Meseșenii de Jos was traditionally known as ''Cățălul-unguresc''. A 1925 law gave it the name ''Cățelul''; this became ''Cățălu'' in 1956. The current name dates to 1960. Meseșenii de Sus, historically ''Cățălul-român'', was ''Cățelușu'' from 1925 and ''Cățălușa'' from 1956, before acquiring its current name in 1960.

Sights

* Reformed Church in Meseșenii de Jos (construction in the 15th century),

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* Orthodox Church in Meseșenii de Jos (construction 1875)Welcometoromania.ro - Orthodox Church in Meseșenii de Jos
/ref> * Orthodox Church in Meseșenii de Sus (construction 1785), historic monument * Orthodox Church in Aghireș

References

Communes in Sălaj County Localities in Crișana {{Sălaj-geo-stub