Milvány
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Milvány (Rumanian: Miluani) is a village in Szilágy county, Partium. In 2002 it had 112 inhabitants.
Hungarian documents mention the village fisrt in 1320 as Miluad. From the 13th century the area was property of the Hungarian Zsombor clan. In the late 16th century Sigismund Báthori, Prince of Transylvania donated it to the Barons Cseszneky. The village historically was part of Transylvania within the Kingdom of Hungary, and until 1876 belonged to Doboka county, then it was incorporated into Kolozs county. In 1920 the forced peace treaty of Trianon gave it to Rumania, but after the Second Vienna Arbitration it was reannexed to Hungary. In 1944 ethnic Rumanian rebels of Milvány burnt up the Hungarian Reformed Church's Archive in Hidalmás.
Milvány is famous for its grain and sunflower production.
The Orthodox Church was built in the 16th century and a new one in 1920. Milvány is the filia of the Roman Catholic Parish of Kide; traditionally its vicars were Franciscans even until 1897. Local Unitarians also belongs to Kide. Milvány was also a center of Greek Catholic arch-deaconry.
Famous residents:
- Gyula Cseszneky, Hungarian baron, poet and adventurer
- József Nyírő, Hungarian writer and politician, vicar in Milvány.