Izvoru Crișului (; , ); is a commune in

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. It is composed of four villages: Izvoru Crișului, Nadășu (''Kalotanádas''), Nearșova (''Nyárszó''), and Șaula (''Sárvásár''). The commune is located in the northern part of the county, on the border with

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. It lies on the banks of the river

Crișul Repede The Crișul Repede (Romanian language, Romanian Crișul Repede ("the rapid Criș"); Hungarian language, Hungarian Sebes-Körös) is a river in Bihor County, Crișana, Romania and in southeastern Hungary (Körösvidek). Together with the rivers Cri ...

, near its source in the , whence its name, which means in Romanian, "the source of the Criș".

Demographics

At the 2011 census, the commune had a population of 1,616, of which 79.0% were

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and 19.9%

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.Tab8. Populaţia stabilă după etnie – judeţe, municipii, oraşe, comune
2011 census results,

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, accessed 17 February 2020. At the 2021 census, Izvoru Crișului had a population of 1,424, of which 79.56% were Hungarians and 15.66% Romanians.

Notes

References

*''Atlasul localităților județului Cluj'' (Cluj County Localities Atlas), Suncart Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca,

Images

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