Meseșenii de Jos (Hungarian: Magyarkecel) is a commune located in Sălaj County, Crișana, Romania. 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.[3]

Sights

  • Reformed Church in Meseșenii de Jos (construction in the 15th century), historic monument[4]
  • Orthodox Church in Meseșenii de Jos (construction 1875)[5]
  • Orthodox Church in Meseșenii de Sus (construction 1785), historic monument
  • Orthodox Church in Aghireș

References

  1. ^ "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
  3. ^ Attila Szabó (ed.), Erdély, Bánság És Partium Történeti És Közigazgatási Helységnévtára. Miercurea Ciuc, 2003, Pro-Print Könyvkiadó, ISBN 973-8468-01-9
  4. ^ Welcometoromania.ro - Reformed Church, Meseșenii de Jos
  5. ^ Welcometoromania.ro - Orthodox Church in Meseșenii de Jos
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mese%C8%99enii_de_Jos
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