Cefa Explained

Type:commune
County:Bihor
Population Total:auto
Cefa
Coordinates:46.9167°N 65°W

Cefa (Hungarian: Cséffa, German: Tscheppensdorf) is a commune in Bihor County, Crișana, Romania with a population of 2,272 people (2011). It is composed of three villages: Ateaș (Atyás), Cefa and Inand (Inánd). It also included five other villages until 2003, when they were split off to form Gepiu and Sânnicolau Român Communes.

The oldest attested name of Cefa is Chepha (1302).[1]

Notes and References

  1. Lajos Kiss, Földrajzi Nevek Etimológiai Szótára A-K, Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 1978, p. 312