Căpâlna Explained

Type:	commune
County:	Bihor
Official Name:	Căpâlna
Other Name:	Feketekápolna
Leader Name:	Gheorghe Ioan Vid^[1]
Leader Party:	PSD
Term:	2020 - 2024
Coordinates:	46.735°N 22.1036°W
Area Total:	54.89
Population Total:	auto
Postal Code:	417130
Area Code:	+40 x59

Căpâlna (Hungarian: Feketekápolna) is a commune in Bihor County, Crișana, Romania with a population of 1,663 people (2011). It is composed of five villages: Căpâlna, Ginta (Gyanta), Rohani (Rohány), Săldăbagiu Mic (Körösszáldobágy), and Suplacu de Tinca (Tenkeszéplak). The commune is situated in the southern part of Bihor County, on the right bank of the Crișul Negru, at a distance of from the county seat, Oradea, from Beiuș, and from Salonta.

Demographics

Population by villages

Căpâlna commune had a population of 1,663 at the 2011 census, which was divided into villages as follows:^[2]

• 466 (Săldăbagiu Mic)
• 411 (Suplacu de Tinca)
• 333 (Căpâlna)
• 309 (Ginta)
• 144 (Rohani)

Ethnic structure

Căpâlna commune had a population of 1,663 in 2011, of which:^[3]

• 79% are Romanian
• 14% are Hungarian
• 3% are Roma.
• 4% are other.

Religious makeup

The religious makeup in 2011 was as follows:^[4]

• 75% are Romanian Orthodox
• 11% are Reformed
• 3% are Pentecostal.
• 3% are Baptist.
• 2% are Roman Catholic.
• 1% are Greek-Catholic.
• 5% are undeclared or none.

Natives

• Vasile Mangra (1850–1918), cleric of the Romanian Orthodox Church and historian

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results of the 2020 local elections . Central Electoral Bureau . 9 June 2021 . dmy-all.
2. http://www.recensamantromania.ro/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/rpl_2011_populatia-pe-categorii-de-localitati.xls Romanian census data, 2011
3. http://www.recensamantromania.ro/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/sR_Tab_8.xls Romanian census data, 2011
4. http://www.recensamantromania.ro/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/sR_TAB_13.xls Romanian census data, 2011