Remetea ( hu, Magyarremete) is a
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in
Bihor County
Bihor County () is a county ( județ) in western Romania. With a total area of , Bihor is Romania's 6th largest county geographically and the main county in the historical region of Crișana. Its capital city is Oradea.
Toponymy
The origin of ...
,
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 Roma ...
,
Romania
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. It is composed of five villages: Drăgoteni (''Drágota''), Meziad (''Mézged''), Petreasa (''Petrász''), Remetea, and Șoimuș (''Gyepüsolymos'').
Geography
The commune is located in the southern part of the county, at the edge of the
Apuseni Mountains
The Apuseni Mountains ( ro, Munții Apuseni, hu, Erdélyi-középhegység) is a mountain range in Transylvania, Romania, which belongs to the Western Romanian Carpathians, also called ''Occidentali'' in Romanian. Their name translates from Rom ...
, in the foothills of the
Pădurea Craiului Mountains
The Pădurea Craiului Mountains are in the northwestern part of the Apuseni Mountains of the Carpathian Mountain range, located between the and the Beiuș Depression. The Dealurile Vestice (Western Hills) are located to the west of these mounta ...
. It lies on the banks of the
Valea Roșie River, a tributary of the
Crișul Negru
The Crișul Negru (Black Criș) (Romanian), ( hu, Fekete-Körös) is a river in western Romania (Transylvania) and south-eastern Hungary (Békés County). The river has its source in the western Apuseni Mountains. It flows through the towns Ștei ...
; the
Meziad River flows into the Valea Roșie in Remetea.
The nearest town is
Beiuș
Beiuș (; hu, Belényes) is a city in Bihor County, Romania near the Apuseni Mountains. The river Crișul Negru flows through Beiuș, and the city administers a single village, Delani (''Gyalány'').
Between the late 18th and very early 20th c ...
, around to the south. Remetea is crossed by
county road
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DJ764, which joins Beiuș to the town of
Aleșd
Aleșd (; , sk, Alešď) 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 c ...
; county road DJ764C connects the commune to Meziad village to the east. The county seat,
Oradea
Oradea (, , ; german: Großwardein ; hu, Nagyvárad ) is a city in Romania, located in Crișana, a sub-region of Transylvania. The county seat, seat of Bihor County, Oradea is one of the most important economic, social and cultural centers in the ...
, is to the northwest.
Population
According to the 2011 census, the commune has a population of 2,906 inhabitants. The population structure is:
Romanians
The Romanians ( ro, români, ; dated exonym ''Vlachs'') are a Romance languages, Romance-speaking ethnic group. Sharing a common Culture of Romania, Romanian culture and Cultural heritage, ancestry, and speaking the Romanian language, they l ...
76.67%,
Hungarians
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15.79%,
Roma
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** Roma Airport
** Roma Courthouse
** Electoral district of Roma, defunct
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5.71%, and others 1.69%. The percentage of Hungarians is higher in Remetea village.
Natives
* (1882–1919), deputy at the
Great National Assembly of Alba Iulia
The Great National Assembly of Alba Iulia ( ro, Marea Adunare Națională de la Alba Iulia) was an assembly held on 1 December 1918 in the city of Alba Iulia in which a total of 1,228 delegates from several areas inhabited by ethnic Romanians de ...
*
Marțian Dan (1935–2002), politician and university professor
*
Károly Fila (born 1996), footballer
References
{{LocalitiesBihor
Communes in Bihor County
Localities in Crișana