Holod () is a commune in Bihor County, Crișana, Romania. It is composed of eight villages: Dumbrava (Tenkemocsár), Dumbrăvița (Kisdombró), Forosig (Forrószeg), Hodiș (Káptalanhodos), Holod, Lupoaia (Farkaspatak), Valea Mare de Codru (Alsópatak), and Vintere (Venter).
At the 2011 census, the commune had 3,309 inhabitants; of those, 77.2% were Romanians, 21.3% Roma, and 0.8% Hungarians. At the 2021 census, Holod had a population of 3,221, of which 87.24% were Romanians and 2.39% Roma.
History Holod was first mentioned in a document in 1326, under the name Hydus;Györffy György, Az Árpád-kori Magyarország történeti földrajza, vol. I, Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 1987, p. 625"Hidas", Magyar digitális helynévtár (Digital Hungarian Place-name Archive), University of Debrecen it is also recorded in the papal tithe register of 1332-1337.Györffy György, op. cit., p. 625 In the Habsburg conscription of 1552, the locality appears under the name Hydastelek.Jakó Zsigmond, Bihar megye a török pusztítás előtt, Budapest, 1940, p. 259
Natives Gheorghe Dărăban (1946–2017), footballer, football manager, and PE teacher Iuliu Hirțea (1914–1978), Romanian bishop of the Greek-Catholic Church Iosif Vulcan (1841–1907), magazine editor, poet, playwright, and novelist
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