Cefa

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Cefa
Location in Bihor County
Location in Bihor County
Cefa is located in Romania
Cefa
Cefa
Location in Romania
Coordinates: 46°55′N 21°44′E / 46.917°N 21.733°E / 46.917; 21.733
CountryRomania
CountyBihor
Population
 (2021-12-01)[1]
2,200
Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Vehicle reg.BH

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).[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
  2. ^ Lajos Kiss, Földrajzi Nevek Etimológiai Szótára A-K, Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 1978, p. 312