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Urmeniș (Sălaj)

in Maramureș 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 revisionSep 12, 2026
Entity authorityQ7900730 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Urmeniș is a left tributary of the river Sălaj in Romania. It flows into the Sălaj in Ariniș. Its length is 17 km (11 mi) and its basin size is 42 km2 (16 sq mi).

Editorial summary

“Urmeniș (Sălaj)” enters the record as in Maramureș County, Romania. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Urmeniș, Sălaj and Maramureș can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current 36-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Urmeniș, Sălaj and Maramureș.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Urmeniș (Sălaj)” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Urmeniș, Sălaj and Maramureș provides the most credible route into that argument.

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 Sep 12, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7900730. Authority coordinates are 47.502, 23.247. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference.

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 “Urmeniș (Sălaj)”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Urmeniș (Sălaj) primary sources, Urmeniș (Sălaj) archive and Urmeniș 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 “Urmeniș (Sălaj)”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Urmeniș (Sălaj)” 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.