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Specific Human-Geographical Features and the Tourism Alternative of Development of Some Rural Settlements with Monoindustrial Function in the Period of Transition. Case Study: Sărmăşag Commune, Sălaj County. One of the most affected category of predominantly monofunctional-industrial settlements is analyzed. During the period of transition, they were affected both from the viewpoint of the decrease of jobs and incomes, and from that of the population decline. The quality of the public utilities was also affected, as well as the physiognomy and the aesthetics of the settlement. As a result, the projects launched as an alternative had in view the revitalization of the mining activities, the modernization of agriculture and its management towards the development of the wine-growing landscape and of the wine-related tourism. The tourism resources of the analyzed geographical space (the forestry landscape, the reservoir areas of fishing interest, the very small rural settlements in process of disappearance) also constituted opportunities for the planning of tourism areas fit for leisure, rural tourism and secondary holiday homes.

Keywords: demographical features, the structure of the population, tourism potential, leisure, secondary holiday homes, rural tourism