Tileagd () is a commune located in

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 ...

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 six villages: Bălaia (''Kabaláspatak''), Călătani (''Kalotaitanya''), Poșoloaca (''Pósalaka''), Tileagd, Tilecuș (''Telkesd'') and Uileacu de Criș (''Pusztaújlak'').

Geography

It is on the picturesque road between

Oradea Oradea (, , ; ; ) is a city in Romania, located in the Crișana region. It serves as the administrative county seat, seat of Bihor County and an economic, social, and cultural hub in northwestern Romania. The city lies between rolling hills on ...

and

Cluj-Napoca Cluj-Napoca ( ; ), or simply Cluj ( , ), is a city in northwestern Romania. It is the second-most populous city in the country and the seat of Cluj County. Geographically, it is roughly equidistant from Bucharest (), Budapest () and Belgrade ( ...

, 23 kilometres from Oradea. The closest town to Tileagd is

Aleșd Aleșd (; , ) is a town in Bihor County, western Romania. It administers three villages: Pădurea Neagră (''Feketeerdő''), Peștiș (''Sólyomkőpestes''), and Tinăud (''Tinód''). Geography The town is located in the east of the county, near ...

, 12 km away. Tileagd is served by three CFR trains daily from Oradea, which continue to Aleșd,

Huedin Huedin (, ; ; ) is a town in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. Huedin is located at the northern edge of the Apuseni Mountains. It is surrounded by the villages of Nearșova, Domoșu, Horlacea, and others. The town administers one village, Bi ...

and Cluj-Napoca.

Etymology

Its Hungarian name originates in the word telek which means ''"plot"'' in English with a ''"d"'' affixture. The first written record about the village was made in a warrant of 1294's copy of 1572 under the name Thelegd and then its name emerged in 1773 as Mező-Telegd.

History

At the beginning of the 13th century, a group of

Székelys The Székelys (, Old Hungarian script, Székely runes: ), also referred to as Szeklers, are a Hungarians, Hungarian subgroup living mostly in the Székely Land in Romania. In addition to their native villages in Suceava County in Bukovina, a ...

lived in the area, having moved from Udvarhelyszék. They were called 'Székelys of Telegd' and the first name of

Székelyudvarhely Odorheiu Secuiesc (; , ; ) is the second largest municipiu, municipality in Harghita County, Transylvania, Romania. In its short form, it is also known as ''Odorhei'' in Romanian and ''Udvarhely'' in Hungarian. The Hungarian name of the town "Udva ...

which is the centre Telegd, the area they moved into. In 1291, the founder of the Thelegdy family moved to here. In 1688, at the edge of the village,

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army was defeated by general Heissler. With the building of the railway line, animal and food businesses started thriving in 1870. Later many new industrial, financial and other institutions were founded; for example, the first bank ''"Mezőtelegd vidéki Takarékpénztár Rt"'' in 1890; and an oil refinery and its associated a works were built at the beginning of the 20th century.

Population

* In 1828, it had a population of 1575. * In 1900, it had a population of 2508. These included 2034 Hungarians, 424

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s, 24

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s, 13 Slovaks and 13 Gypsies. * In 2002, it had a population of 3960. These included 2374

s, 1016 Hungarians, 523 Gypsies and 40 Slovaks.

Notable residents

* The bishop of

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and the archbishop of

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, Miklós Telegdi, was born here. * The wife of Stephen Bocskay, Kata Hagymássy, died here.

References

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