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{{Infobox Romanian subdivision
|type               = commune
|county             = Bihor
|name               = Biharia
|other_name         = Bihar
|image_flag         =
|image_shield       = ROU BH Biharia CoA.jpg
|image_skyline      = RO BH Biserica romano-catolica din Biharia (4).jpg
|image_caption      = Catholic Church in Biharia
|image_location     = 
|image_map          = Biharia jud Bihor.png
|map_caption        = Location in Bihor County
|leader_name        = Zoltan Szilagyi<ref>{{cite web |url=https://prezenta.roaep.ro/locale27092020/romania-pv-final |title=Results of the 2020 local elections |publisher=Central Electoral Bureau |access-date=9 June 2021 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|leader_party       = UDMR
|term               = 2020&ndash;2024
|coordinates        = {{coord|47|9|13|N|21|55|18|E|region:RO|display=it}}
|elevation          = 119
|elevation_min      = 
|elevation_max      = 
|area_total         = 58.50
|area_footnotes     = 
|population_as_of   = 
|population_total   = auto
|population_footnotes = 
|postal_code        = 417050
|area_code          = +(40) 259
|website            = {{URL|https://comunabiharia.ro/}}
}}
'''Biharia''' ({{langx|hu|Bihar}}) is a [[Commune in Romania|commune]] in [[Bihor County]], [[Crișana]], [[Romania]]. It is composed of two villages, Biharia and Cauaceu (''Hegyközkovácsi''). 

==History==
The village is first mentioned in 1067{{Citation needed|date=February 2021}} as Byhor, later as Bychor in 1213{{Citation needed|date=February 2021}}, as Bihar in 1332,{{Citation needed|date=February 2021}} and again, in 1349 as Byhor.{{Citation needed|date=February 2021}} The [[Gesta Hungarorum]], which is believed to have been written around the time of [[Béla III of Hungary|King Béla III]] of [[History of Hungary#Conquest and early principality (895–1000)|Hungary]] (1172&ndash;1196),<ref>''Anonymus, Notary of King Béla: The Deeds of the Hungarians'' (Edited, Translated and Annotated by Martyn Rady and László Veszprémy) (2010). In: Rady, Martyn; Veszprémy, László; Bak, János M. (2010); ''Anonymus and Master Roger''; CEU Press; {{isbn|978-963-9776-95-1}}</ref> mentions that [[Árpád|Duke Árpád]] (born 845) sent envoys to a castle called Bychor, to [[Menumorut|Duke Menumorout]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gesta Hungarorum|url=http://remacle.org/bloodwolf/historiens/anonyme/bela.htm#1a|access-date=2021-02-26|website=remacle.org}}</ref>

Biharia has a complex political history, with periods of the [[Kingdom of Hungary]], [[Eastern Hungarian Kingdom]], and the [[Principality of Transylvania (1570–1711)|Principality of Transylvania]]. With the breakup of [[Austria-Hungary]] at the end of [[World War I]] and the ensuing [[Hungarian–Romanian War]], the [[Romanian Land Forces|Romanian Army]] entered the village, and after [[Treaty of Trianon]] of 1920, Biharia became part of the [[Kingdom of Romania]]. During the [[interwar period]], it became part of [[Plasă|plasa]] Centrală, in [[Bihor County#Historical county|Bihor County]]. In the wake of the [[Second Vienna Award]] of August 30, 1940, the territory of [[Northern Transylvania]] (of which the town of Biharia was part) reverted to the [[Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946)|Kingdom of Hungary]]. Towards the end of [[World War II]], the town was taken back from Hungarian and [[Nazi Germany|German]] troops by Romanian and [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] forces in [[Romania in World War II#Campaign against the Axis|October 1944]], during the initial stages of the [[Battle of Debrecen]]. 

Following the [[Administrative divisions of the Romanian People's Republic|administrative reform]] of 1950, the commune became fell in Oradea [[Raion]], within [[Bihor Region]] (renamed Oradea Region in 1952 and Crișana Region in 1960). In 1968, the old territorial division into ''[[județ]]e'' was reinstituted, and Biharia reverted to being part of Bihor County.

==Demographics==
{{Historical populations
|source = Census data
|1880 |5248
|1890 |5909
|1900 |6382
|1910 |6533
|1920 |7144
|1930 |6741
|1941 |6804
|1956 |6934
|1966 |7039
|1977 |6962
|1992 |5668
|2002 |5870
|2011 |4205
|2021 |4393
}}
At the [[2011 Romanian census|2011 census]], the commune had 4,205 inhabitants, of whom 85.87% were [[Hungarians in Romania|Hungarians]], 12.12% [[Romanians]], and 1.73% [[Romani people in Romania|Roma]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.edrc.ro/recensamant.jsp?regiune_id=2140&judet_id=2141&localitate_id=2158|title = Structura Etno-demografică a României}}</ref> At the [[2021 Romanian census|2021 census]], Biharia had a population of 4,393; of those, 74.37% were Hungarians, 17.94% Romanians, and 1.18% Roma.<ref name="RPL2021">{{cite web|url=https://www.recensamantromania.ro/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Tabel-1.03_1.3.1-si-1.03.2.xls|title=Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021|publisher=[[National Institute of Statistics (Romania)|INSSE]]|language=ro|date=31 May 2023}}</ref>

==Sights==
* ''Biharia Citadel'' built in the 9th century, [[historic monument]]<ref>[https://www.scribd.com/doc/48001075/Cetatea-Bihariei-nr-1-2006 scribd.com - Cetatea Bihariei, județul Bihor]; retrieved on June 30, 2012 {{in lang|ro}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{LocalitiesBihor}}

[[Category:Communes in Bihor County|Biharia]]
[[Category:Localities in Crișana]]


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