Letca Explained

Type:commune
County:Sălaj
Population Total:auto
Letca
Leader Name:Dorel Liviu Man[1]
Leader Term:2020 - 2024
Leader Party:PSD
Area Total Km2:60.50
Coordinates:47.3344°N 23.455°W
Website:www.comunaletca.ro

Letca (Hungarian: Létka) is a commune located in Sălaj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of nine villages: Ciula (Gyulaszeg), Cuciulat (Kocsoládfalva), Cozla (Kecskés), Letca, Lemniu (Lemény), Purcăreț (Pórkerec), Șoimușeni (Kővársolymos), Toplița (Szamoshéviz) and Vălișoara (Dióspatak).

Villages

Purcăreț village had 139 inhabitants at the 2002 census. It is located on the right bank of the Someș River, and borders Maramureș County. It is first attested in a document of 1543, referred to as Porkerecz. Other documents refer to it as Porkoricza (1553), Pwrkerecz, Purkerech (1566), Purkeritz (1733), Porkeresty (1750), Purkeretz (1760-1762), Purkuretz (1830), Purkuretzi (1850), Purkerecz, Purcureți (1854), and finally Purcăreț (1966).[2] The noble family Lazăr of Purcăreț originates from this village.[3] The Wooden Church from Purcăreț is traditionally dated from 1698, although the Culture Ministry cites 1740 and researcher Ioana Cristache-Panait says it is from the first half of the 19th century.

Sights

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Results of the 2020 local elections . Central Electoral Bureau . 14 June 2021 . dmy-all.
  2. Chendre-Roman, Gheorghe. Dicţionar etimologic al localităților din județul Sălaj. Editura Silvana, Editura Caiete Silvane, 2006,
  3. National Archives of Romania, Sălaj County Branch, Lazăr of Purcăreț family fund, inventory number 131 (1720-1945)