Valcău de Jos
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Valcău de Jos Alsóvalkó |
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| Commune | |
 Valcău de Jos in Sălaj County |
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 Valcău de Jos
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| Coordinates: 47°07′44″N 22°44′17″E / 47.12889°N 22.73806°E | |
| Country |
 Romania
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| County |
 Sălaj County
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| Commune | Valcău de Jos |
| Historic region | Transylvania |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ioan Roşan (Democratic Liberal Party) |
| Area | 63.23 km2 (24.41 sq mi) |
| Population (2002) | 3,302 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Website | www.primariavalcaudejos.ro |
Valcău de Jos (Hungarian: Alsóvalkó) is a commune in Sălaj County, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Lazuri (Újvágás), Preoteasa (Füzespaptelek), Ratovei (Rátonbükk), Sub Cetate (Valkóváralja), Valcău de Jos and Valcău de Sus (Felsővalkó). It is 14 km southwest of Șimleu Silvaniei.
Its name comes from the Slavic word vlk ("wolf"). Its Hungarian name Alsóvalkó means "Lower Valkó"; before 1899 it was called Magyarvalkó. Felsővalkó ("Upper Valkó") is now Valcău de Sus. Its castle was built in the late 13th century, and was unlawfully occupied by Dezső Elefánti in 1312. King Sigismund of Luxemburg laid siege to it in 1404. In 1665 the Ottoman army destroyed it and it was not rebuilt again.
In 1910 the village had 900 residents, with a Romanian majority and a significant Hungarian minority.
In 2002 the commune of which Valcău de Jos is the administrative center had 3302 inhabitants: 2909 Romanians, 287 Roma, 105 Hungarians, and one Slovak.
This article is based on a translation of the from the on 22 February 2007.
Coordinates: 47°07′N 22°44′E / 47.117°N 22.733°E
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