Camăr () is a commune located in

Sălaj County Sălaj County (; ) (also known as ''Land of Silvania'', ''silva, -ae'' means "forest") is a Counties of Romania, county (''județ'') of Romania, located in the north-west of the country, in the Historical regions of Romania, historical regions of ...

Crișana Crișana (, , ) is a geographical and historical region of Romania named after the Criș (Körös) River and its three tributaries: the Crișul Alb, Crișul Negru, and Crișul Repede. In Romania, the term is sometimes extended to include areas ...

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. It is composed of two villages, Camăr and Pădureni (''Erdőaljarakottyás''). The commune is located in the western part of county, on the border with

Bihor County Bihor County (, ) is a county (județ) in western Romania. With a total area of , Bihor is Romania's 6th largest county geographically and the main county in the historical region of Crișana. Its capital city is Oradea (Nagyvárad). Toponymy ...

. It is situated at an altitude of , or the banks of the river

Camăr Camăr () is a Commune in Romania, commune located in Sălaj County, Crișana, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Camăr and Pădureni (''Erdőaljarakottyás''). The commune is located in the western part of county, on the border with Bihor ...

Population

At the 2002 census, Camăr had 1,899 inhabitants; of those, 91.7% were

Hungarians Hungarians, also known as Magyars, are an Ethnicity, ethnic group native to Hungary (), who share a common Culture of Hungary, culture, Hungarian language, language and History of Hungary, history. They also have a notable presence in former pa ...

, 6.4%

Romanians Romanians (, ; dated Endonym and exonym, exonym ''Vlachs'') are a Romance languages, Romance-speaking ethnic group and nation native to Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. Sharing a Culture of Romania, ...

, and 1.9%

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. 68.4% were

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, 12.6%

Baptist Baptists are a Christian denomination, denomination within Protestant Christianity distinguished by baptizing only professing Christian believers (believer's baptism) and doing so by complete Immersion baptism, immersion. Baptist churches ge ...

, 5.1% each

Greek-Catholic Greek Catholic Church or Byzantine-Catholic Church may refer to: * The Catholic Church in Greece * The Eastern Catholic Churches that use the Byzantine Rite, also known as the Greek Rite: ** The Albanian Greek Catholic Church ** The Belarusian Gr ...

and Christian Evangelical, 4.5%

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, 1.9%

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, 1.3%

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, and 0.8%

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. At the 2011 census, the population had decreased to 1,741; of those, 86.67% were Hungarians, 6.15% Romanians, and 6.15% Roma. At the 2021 census, the commune had a population of 1,618, of which 86.71% were Hungarians, 6% Roma, and 5.69% Romanians.

Sights

Wooden Church, Camăr The Wooden Church () is a Greek-Catholic church in Camăr, Romania, built in 1780. References Bibliography * Cristache-Panait, Ioana (22 August 1978). „Biserica Sf. Arhangheli Mihail și Gavril din Camăr”. Monumente istorice bisericești d ...

, built in the 18th century, historic monument

References

Communes in Sălaj County Localities in Crișana {{Sălaj-geo-stub