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{{Infobox Romanian subdivision
|type               = commune
|county             = Bihor
|name               = Cefa
|image_flag         =
|image_shield       = 
|image_skyline      = RO BH Cefa (2).jpg
|image_caption      = Cefa town hall
|image_location     =
|image_map          = Cefa jud Bihor.png
|map_caption        = Location in Bihor County
|leader_name        = Dumitru-Alin Bărnău
|leader_party       = PNL
|leader_term        = 2020&ndash;2024
|coordinates        = {{coord|46|55|N|21|44|E|region:RO|display=it}}
|elevation          = 98
|elevation_min      = 
|elevation_max      = 
|area_total         = 71.82
|area_footnotes     = 
|population_as_of   = 
|population_total   = auto
|population_footnotes = 
|postal_code        = 417145
|area_code          = +(40) 259
|website            = {{URL|https://cefa-bh.ro/}}
}}
'''Cefa''' ({{langx|hu|Cséffa}}, {{langx|de|Tscheppensdorf}}) is a [[Commune in Romania|commune]] in [[Bihor County]], [[Crișana]], [[Romania]] with a population of 2,200 people as of 2021. It is composed of three villages: Ateaș (''Atyás''), Cefa, and Inand (''Inánd''). It also included five other villages until 2003, when they were split off to form [[Gepiu]] and [[Sânnicolau Român]] Communes.

The oldest attested name of Cefa is ''Chepha'' (1302).<ref>Lajos Kiss, ''Földrajzi Nevek Etimológiai Szótára'' A-K, Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 1978, p. 312</ref>

The commune is located in the western part of Bihor County, {{cvt|27|km}} southwest of the county seat, [[Oradea]], on the [[Hungary–Romania border|border with Hungary]]. On its eastern side, Cefa is crossed by [[Roads in Romania|national road]] {{ill|DN79|ro}} (part of [[European route E671]]), which connects Oradea to [[Arad, Romania|Arad]]. 

Between the villages of Cefa and Ateaș lies part of the [[Cefa Natural Park]], which covers an area of {{cvt|5002|ha}}.

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[[Category:Communes in Bihor County|Cefa]]
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