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Măgura Ilvei

commune in Bistrița-Năsăud County, Romania

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionDec 1, 2024
Entity authorityQ5070414 ↗
Source-derived summary

Măgura Ilvei (Hungarian: Magura) is a commune in Bistrița-Năsăud County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Arșița (Arsicatelep) and Măgura Ilvei. It also included the village of Poiana Ilvei until 2003, when it was split off.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Măgura Ilvei” as commune in Bistrița-Năsăud County, Romania. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Măgura, Ilvei and commune.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2003—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1808. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Măgura, Ilvei and commune providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Măgura Ilvei”, the useful work is to connect “commune in Bistrița-Năsăud County, Romania” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 1, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q5070414. Authority coordinates are 47.361, 24.815. 1 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2003.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Măgura Ilvei”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Măgura Ilvei primary sources, Măgura Ilvei archive and Măgura research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Măgura Ilvei”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Măgura Ilvei” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.