Meseșenii de Jos explained

Type:	commune
County:	Sălaj
Population Total:	auto
Meseșenii de Jos
Other Name:	Magyarkecel
Leader Name:	Alexandru Bercean^[1]
Leader Party:	PSD
Leader Term:	2020 - 2024
Area Total Km2:	62.86
Coordinates:	47.15°N 81°W

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.^[2]

Sights

• Reformed Church in Meseșenii de Jos (construction in the 15th century), historic monument^[3]
• Orthodox Church in Meseșenii de Jos (construction 1875)^[4]
• Orthodox Church in Meseșenii de Sus (construction 1785), historic monument
• Orthodox Church in Aghireș

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results of the 2020 local elections . Central Electoral Bureau . 14 June 2021 . dmy-all.
2. Attila Szabó (ed.), Erdély, Bánság És Partium Történeti És Közigazgatási Helységnévtára. Miercurea Ciuc, 2003, Pro-Print Könyvkiadó,
3. http://www.welcometoromania.ro/DN1f_Zalau_Cluj/DN1f_Zalau_Cluj_Mesesenii_Jos_Biserica_reformata_r.htm Welcometoromania.ro - Reformed Church, Meseșenii de Jos
4. http://www.welcometoromania.ro/DN1f_Zalau_Cluj/DN1f_Zalau_Cluj_Mesesenii_Jos_Biserica_ortodoxa_r.htm Welcometoromania.ro - Orthodox Church in Meseșenii de Jos