Vârșolț
commune in Sălaj County, Romania
Vârșolț (Hungarian: Varsolc) is a commune located in Sălaj County, Crișana, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Recea (Krasznarécse), Recea Mică (Kisrécsepuszta) and Vârșolț.
At the 2002 census, 64.1% of inhabitants were Hungarians, 32.4% Romanians and 3.4% Roma. 58.6% were Reformed, 33.5% Romanian Orthodox, 3.5% Baptist and 1.9% Roman Catholic.
History
The Reformed Church in Recea was completed in the 15th century.
The Reformed church in Vârșolț was completed in 1774.
Lake Vârșolț was built between 1976 and 1979.
“Vârșolț” enters the record as commune in Sălaj County, Romania. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Vârșolț, commune and Sălaj can confirm, complicate or overturn.
Why this record matters
“Vârșolț” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Vârșolț, commune and Sălaj provides the most credible route into that argument.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 28, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q16427401. Authority coordinates are 47.196, 22.932. None of the 2 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2002, 1774, 1976 and 1979.
A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. 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.
- Historic place names
- Jurisdictional context
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Vârșolț”, its source revision and the description used here.
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This entry incorporates text from “Vârșolț” 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.