Șimleu Silvaniei
Șimleu Silvaniei is a town in Sălaj County, Crișana, Romania with a population of 13,948 people. It is located near the ancient Dacian fortress Dacidava. Three villages are administered by the town: Bic, Cehei, and Pusta.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 15,200 residents
- Description: town in Sălaj County, Crișana, Romania
- Also known as: “Schamloj”, “Schomlenmarkt”, “Shamloy”, “Şimleu Silvaniei”, “Simleul Silvaiei”, “Szilagysomlyo”, and “Szilágysomlyó”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Báthory Castle.
Báthory Castle
Castle
Photo: Pe-Jo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Báthory Castle or Báthory Citadel, also known as Șimleu Silvaniei Fort, is a historic fort in Romania, in the modern-day city of Șimleu Silvaniei. Since the 1590s, the castle was the main residence of the Hungarian Báthory family during the era of the Principality of Transylvania.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cehei and Bic.
Cehei
Village
Photo: Bogdan salaj, CC BY 2.5.
Cehei is a village, which is situated 3 km northwest of Șimleu Silvaniei.
Bic
Village
Photo: Bogdan salaj, CC BY 2.5.
Bic is a village, which is situated 5 km southeast of Șimleu Silvaniei.
Bădăcin
Village
Photo: Țetcu Mircea Rareș, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bădăcin is a village, which is situated 5 km northeast of Șimleu Silvaniei.
Șimleu Silvaniei
- Categories: town in Romania and locality
- Location: Oraş Şimleu Silvaniei, Sălaj County, Romania, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
47.23054° or 47° 13′ 50″ northLongitude
22.79331° or 22° 47′ 36″ eastPopulation
15,200Elevation
238 metres (781 feet)United Nations Location Code
RO SJSOpen location code
8GV46QJV+68OpenStreetMap ID
node 129993253OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Achinese to Yiddish—“Șimleu Silvaniei” goes by many names.
- Achinese: “Șimleu Silvaniei”
- Armenian: “Շիմլեու Սիլվանիեյ”
- Belarusian: “Шымлеу-Сілваньей”
- Bulgarian: “Шимлиу Силванией”
- Catalan: “Șimleu Silvaniei”
- Cebuano: “Oraș Șimleu Silvaniei”
- Cebuano: “Șimleu Silvaniei”
- Chinese: “希姆萊烏錫爾瓦涅伊”
- Czech: “Șimleu Silvaniei”
- Czech: “Szilágysomlyó”
- Danish: “Şimleu Silvaniei”
- Danish: “Șimleu Silvaniei”
- Danish: “Szilagy Somlio”
- Dutch: “Schomlenmarkt”
- Dutch: “Șimleu Silvaniei”
- Dutch: “Szilágysomlyó”
- Esperanto: “Schomlenmarkt”
- Esperanto: “Ŝimleu Silvaniei”
- Esperanto: “Șimleu Silvaniei”
- Esperanto: “Szilágysomlyó”
- Estonian: “Șimleu Silvaniei”
- French: “Schomlenmarkt”
- French: “Șimleu Silvaniei”
- French: “Szilágysomlyó”
- German: “Schomlenmarkt”
- German: “Șimleu Silvaniei”
- German: “Szilágysomlyó”
- Hebrew: “שימלאו סילבאניי”
- Hungarian: “Schomlenmarkt”
- Hungarian: “Șimleu Silvaniei”
- Hungarian: “Szilágysomlyó”
- Indonesian: “Şimleu Silvaniei”
- Indonesian: “Șimleu Silvaniei”
- Irish: “Șimleu Silvaniei”
- Italian: “Schomlenmarkt”
- Italian: “Șimleu Silvaniei”
- Italian: “Szilágysomlyó”
- Latin: “Șimleu Silvaniei”
- Lithuanian: “Šimleu Silvaniėjus”
- Malay: “Șimleu Silvaniei”
- Minangkabau: “Șimleu Silvaniei”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Șimleu Silvaniei”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Șimleu Silvaniei”
- Persian: “شیملئو سیلوانیه”
- Polish: “Șimleu Silvaniei”
- Portuguese: “Schomlenmarkt”
- Portuguese: “Șimleu Silvaniei”
- Portuguese: “Szilágysomlyó”
- Romanian: “Schomlenmarkt”
- Romanian: “Șimleu Silvaniei”
- Romanian: “Szilágysomlyó”
- Russian: “Шимлеу-Силванией”
- Scots: “Șimleu Silvaniei”
- Serbian: “Шимлеју Силванјеј”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Opština Șimleu Silvaniei, Sălaj”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Opština Șimleu Silvaniei”
- Slovak: “Șimleu Silvaniei”
- Slovak: “Šomľov”
- Slovenian: “Șimleu Silvaniei”
- South Azerbaijani: “شیملئو سیلوانیه”
- Spanish: “Schomlenmarkt”
- Spanish: “Șimleu Silvaniei”
- Spanish: “Szilágysomlyó”
- Swedish: “Șimleu Silvaniei”
- Tajik: “Шимлеу-Силванией”
- Ukrainian: “Шимлеу-Сілванієй”
- Vietnamese: “Simleu Silvaniei”
- Vietnamese: “Șimleu Silvaniei”
- Yiddish: “Shamloy”
- Yiddish: “שאמלוי”
- Yiddish: “שאַמלוי”
- “Șimleu Silvaniei”
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