Roșiori (Bihor)

Roșiori Biharfélegyháza
Basic data
State :	Romania
Historical region :	Screeching area
Circle :	Bihor
Coordinates :	47 ° 16 '  N , 21 ° 58'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 15 '33 "  N , 21 ° 57' 32"  E
Time zone :	EET ( UTC +2)
Area :	38  km²
Residents :	3,113 (October 20, 2011)
Population density :	82 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	417238
Telephone code :	(+40) 02 59
License plate :	bra
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type :	local community
Structure :	Roșiori, Mihai Bravu , Vaida
Mayor :	Zoltán Kelemen ( UDMR )
Postal address :	Str. Principală, no. 217 loc. Roșiori, jud Bihor, RO-417238
Website :	www.rosiori.ro

Roșiori ( Hungarian Biharfélegyháza ) is a municipality in Bihor County in north-western Romania . The administrative seat of the municipality is in Roșiori, the incorporated villages are Mihai Bravu and Vaida .

Geographical location

Roșiori is located in the Romanian Kreischgebiet ( Crișana ) on the Niloș brook - a right tributary of the Berettyó ( Barcău ) -, the European route 671 (national road DN 19) and the Oradea – Carei – Satu Mare railway. The district capital Oradea ( Großwardein ) is located about 25 kilometers south of Roșiori.

Roșiori borders the following municipalities:

	Diosig
Pocsaj (HU-HB)		Sălard
	Tămășeu

history

The place was first mentioned in a document in 1291.

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  Felegyháza (bottom left) around 1782 (recording sheet of the Josephinische Landesaufnahme )

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  Bihar-Felegyháza (N 47 ° 15 '; E 39 ° 38') around 1892 (recording sheet of the Franzisco-Josephinische Landesaufnahme )

Personalities

Zsigmond Pál Jakó (1916–2008), Romanian-Hungarian historian and honorary member (1988) of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB)
2. ↑ Web presentation of the municipality of Roșiori, accessed on October 9, 2012 ( Memento from January 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive )