Letca

Letca
Commune
Wooden Church in Letca
Commune Letca in Sălaj County
Letca Letca within Romania
Coordinates: 47°20′04″N 23°27′18″E / 47.33444°N 23.45500°E / 47.33444; 23.45500
Country	Romania
County	Sălaj County
Commune	Letca
Historic region	Transylvania
Government
• Mayor	Petru Cozma (Democratic Liberal Party)
Area	60.50 km2 (23.36 sq mi)
Population (2002)[1]	2,244
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Website	www.comunaletca.ro

Letca (Hungarian: Létka) is a commune located in Sălaj County, Romania. It is composed of nine villages: Ciula (Gyulaszeg), Cuciulat (Kocsoládfalva), Cozla (Kecskés), Letca, Lemniu (Lemény), Purcăreţ (Pórkerec), Şoimuşeni (Kővársolymos), Topliţa (Szamoshéviz) and Vălişoara (Dióspatak).

Villages

Purcăreţ village had 139 inhabitants at the 2002 census. It is located on the right bank of the Someș River, and borders Maramureș County. It is first attested in a document of 1543, referred to as Porkerecz. Other documents refer to it as Porkoricza (1553), Pwrkerecz, Purkerech (1566), Purkeritz (1733), Porkeresty (1750), Purkeretz (1760-1762), Purkuretz (1830), Purkuretzi (1850), Purkerecz, Purcureţi (1854), and finally Purcăreț (1966).^[2] The noble family Lazăr of Purcăreț originates from this village.^[3] The Wooden Church from Purcăreț is traditionally dated from 1698, although the Culture Ministry cites 1740 and researcher Ioana Cristache-Panait says it is from the first half of the 19th century.

Sights

• Wooden Church “St. Mary” in Letca, built in the 17th century (1665), historic monument
• Wooden Church “St. Archangels” in Letca, built in the 18th century, historic monument
• Wooden Church in Purcăreţ, built in the 19th century, historic monument
• Wooden Church in Şoimuşeni, built in the 19th century, historic monument
• Wooden Church in Topliţa, built in the 19th century (1864), historic monument

Images gallery

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  Wooden church in Cuciulat

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  Wooden church in Șoimușeni

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  Wooden church in Purcăreț

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  Wooden church in Toplița

Sălaj County, Romania Cities Zalău (county seat) Towns Șimleu Silvaniei Jibou Cehu Silvaniei Communes Agrij Almașu Băbeni Bălan Bănișor Benesat Bobota Bocșa Boghiș Buciumi Camăr Carastelec Chieșd Cizer Coșeiu Crasna Creaca Crișeni Cristolț Cuzăplac Dobrin Dragu Fildu de Jos Gâlgău Gârbou Halmășd Hereclean Hida Horoatu Crasnei Ileanda Ip Letca Lozna Măeriște Marca Meseșenii de Jos Mirșid Năpradea Nușfalău Pericei Plopiș Poiana Blenchii Românași Rus Sâg Sălățig Șamșud Sânmihaiu Almașului Sărmășag Șimișna Someș-Odorhei Surduc Treznea Valcău de Jos Vârșolț Zalha Zimbor

Coordinates: 47°20′N 23°27′E / 47.333°N 23.450°E / 47.333; 23.450

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