Sălaj County
Salaj [ səlaʒ ] is a Romanian county ( Judet ) in the historic region Transylvania, with the county seat Zalău. Its common abbreviation and the license plate number is SJ.
Demography
In 2002, the county 248 407 inhabitants and a population density of 64 inhabitants per km ². In the last fifty years, the population in this largely rural part of Romania fell slightly. Even today, about 60 % of the population in the country and only 40% live in cities. The population consists of approximately 71.23 % Romanians, 23.04 % Hungarians, 5.05% Roma, 0.55 % Slovaks together, the part not listed could not be accurately determined. Not only ethnic but also religious affiliation is very different. So 66.65 of the population are Orthodox reformed 19.6%, 2.6% Roman Catholic, Greek Catholic 2.8%, 6.8 % belong to new Protestant faiths, the rest is 1.4 %.
On January 1, 2009, the county Salaj 242 472 inhabitants and a population density of 63 inhabitants per km ².
Geography
The county has a total area of 3864 km ², equivalent to 1.62 % of the area of Romania. The northeastern part of the county lies in the Salaj Somes level; the remaining part is located in the northern part of the Apuseni Mountains. The dominant flow is the Someş ( Somes ), smaller tributaries are Crasnei, Barcău, Almaş, Agrij, Zalău and Salaj.
Encases the county of Salaj Satu Mare and Maramureş counties to the north, west and southwest Bihor, Cluj and in the south and east. The climate is temperate continental, and there's Westwind situation before.
Economy
The economic structure of the district is still dominated largely by agriculture. Crops are corn, wheat, rye, oats, potatoes, sunflower and vegetables. In the animal production is also maintained a large number of sheep and goats than cattle and pigs. The region is also rich in natural resources, so are in the bottom of Salaj raw materials such as lignite, gypsum, alabaster and Caolin. Also thermal springs in the region. In industry, the production of machinery and automobile parts, textiles, food, wood products and paper dominates. Especially in the latter case one can make use of the local resources.
Attractions
Major attractions include the wooden churches of the region, which were built according to a special pile construction several hundred years ago. In addition to the famous wooden church of Cizer are other significant of these buildings in the places Fildu de Sus, Sanmihaiu Almasului, Baica, Sârbi and Racas. Many of these churches have been restored in recent years, or are placed in the foreseeable future repair. Furthermore, various monasteries found in the region, which were often newly created only in recent years. Here are Bălan and Rus mentioned. The Convent of the Holy Trinity in Bic is a good example of such a foundation. Here you can see the religious folk art of the region committed; so the old wooden church of Stana was rebuilt in the monastery grounds. In addition to these testimonies religious activity, there are also several castles and country estates in the region. In Zalău and Şimleu Silvaniei museums give more information about the culture of the region.
Cities and Towns
The circle consists of Salaj officially 290 villages. Of these, four have the status of a city, 57 to a community. The rest are assigned to administrative cities and towns.