Lunca, Bihor
commune in Bihor County, Romania
Lunca (Hungarian: Biharlonka) is a commune in Bihor County, Crișana, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Briheni (Berhény), Hotărel (Határ), Lunca, Sârbești (Szerbesd), Seghiște (Szegyesd), and Șuștiu (Susd).
Demographics
At the 2011 census, Lunca had 2,887 inhabitants, down from 3,124 inhabitants in the 2002 census. Almost all of the inhabitants were ethnic Romanians (96.95%); for 1.73% of the population, ethnicity was unknown. 94.87% of inhabitants are Orthodox, 2.63% are Pentecostal, and 1.73% are unknown. At the 2021 census, the commune had a population of 2,429; of those, 94.15% were Romanians.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Lunca, Bihor” as commune in Bihor County, Romania. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as commune in Bihor County, Romania. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Nov 3, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q16425672. Authority coordinates are 46.508, 22.418. None of the 2 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2011, 2002 and 2021.
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.
- Historic place names
- Jurisdictional context
- Routes into maps and plans
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 “Lunca, Bihor”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Lunca, Bihor primary sources, Lunca, Bihor archive and Lunca research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Lunca, Bihor”?
- Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
- Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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This entry incorporates text from “Lunca, Bihor” 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.