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Zalau (Romania, Salaj)
Municipiul Zal�u
Last modified: 2002-03-29 by istvan molnar
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Zal�u (in Hungarian Zilah) is a city in Sal�j (in Hungarian Szil�gy) County of Romania. The commune contains two settlements: City of Zal�u / Zilah and St�na village. The city has got 67.977 inhabitants (20,1% Hungarians, 1992 census). Neighbouring communities are: Cri�eni / Cig�nyi, Hereclean / Harakl�ny, Mese�enii de Jos / Magyarkecel, Agrij, Rom�na�i, Creaca and Mir�id communities.
The first mention of the settlement is from 1241 when the Mongols destroyed it. The church was built in 1246. Zilah was part of the Central-Szolnok County of the Kingdom of Hungary to 1538. 1538-1552 was part of the semi-independent Principality of Transylvania ruled by King J�nos I. 1552-1570 was in Hungary ruled by the Habsburgs. The Treaty of Speyer in 1570 allocated it to the Principality of Transylvania with some counties (Partium Regni Hungariae in Hungarian 'R�szek' means 'Parts'). 1806-1876 it was a Free Royal City. In 1862 Zilah was reallocated to Hungary. Capital of Central-Szolnok County to 1876, and Szil�gy (in Romanian Sal�j) County 1876-1919.
1876-1919 the settlement was a town in Szil�gy County of the Kingdom of Hungary. Inhabitants in 1910: 8.062; 7.477 (92,7%) Hungarian, 529 (6,6%) Rumanian and 56 (0,7%) other by mother tongue, 5.353 (66,4%) Calvinist, 1.333 (16,5%) Roman Catholic, 873 (10,9%) Greek Catholic, 415 (5,1%) Jew and 88 (1,1%) other by religion. From 1919/1920 (Romanian occupation / Treaty of Trianon) to 1940 (Second Decision in Vienna) part of the Kingdom of Romania.1940-1944 part of Hungary. The Treaty of Paris reallocated it to Romania.The settlement was a town 1952-1968 in Cluj Region and from 1968 it is city in Salaj County.
Istv�n Moln�r, 15 Dec 2000
Historical flag of Zilah (Kingdom of Hungary)
![[flag of Zilah, Szil�gy county, Hungary 1941]](../images/r/ro-zal41.gif)
by Istv�n Moln�r, 15 Dec 2000
Red, yellow and red "spanish" triband (1+2+1, horiz.).
Ant�nio Martins, 28 February 2001
This flag appears at Dr. Sz�ll S�ndor: V�rosaink neve, c�mere �s lobog�ja (1941) as "Zilah, Szil�gy Co.".
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