Satu Mare (Harghita)

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Satu Mare
Máréfalva
Satu Mare (Harghita) does not have a coat of arms
Satu Mare (Harghita) (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Transylvania
Circle : Harghita
Coordinates : 46 ° 20 '  N , 25 ° 23'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 20 '22 "  N , 25 ° 22' 48"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 541  m
Area : 39.89  km²
Residents : 1,995 (October 20, 2011)
Population density : 50 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 537026
Telephone code : (+40) 02 66
License plate : MR
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : local community
Structure : Satu Mare
Mayor : Imre Kovács ( UDMR )
Postal address : Str. Principală, no. 450
loc. Satu Mare, jud. Harghita, RO-537026
Website :

Satu Mare (outdated Marefalău ; Hungarian Máréfalva ) is a municipality in Harghita County , in the Transylvania region in Romania .

Geographical location

Location of Satu Mare Parish in Harghita County

The municipality of Satu Mare is located in the western foothills of the Harghita Mountains - a part of the Eastern Carpathians - in the historical region of Szeklerland in the southern half of the Harghita district. On the brook Fembediu (also Brădeşti ), a left tributary of the Târnava Mare (Great Kokel) and the national road DN13A , the place Satu Mare is seven kilometers northeast of the town Odorheiu Secuiesc (Oderhellen) and about 45 kilometers west of the district capital Miercurea Ciuc (Szeklerburg) away.

The nearest train station is in Odorheiu Secuiesc on the Sighișoara – Odorheiu Secuiesc railway line .

history

The village of Satu Mare, mostly inhabited by Szeklers , was first mentioned in a document in 1566.

On the area called Vârful Cetății (Hungarian Vánnyakfok ) of the village of Satu Mare, known by the locals , remains of stone walls are noted, but these could not yet be assigned to an era. However, according to the register of historical monuments of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (Ministerul Culturii și Patrimoniului Național) these are assigned to the Hallstatt culture . A 36 meter square earth Burg at Cekendtetö (km 35) has been dated to the Roman period.

At the time of the Kingdom of Hungary Satu Mare belonged to the Udvarhely chair district in the Udvarhely County ( Romanian Comitatul Odorhei ), then to the historical Odorhei district and from 1950 to the present Harghita district.

Until 2004, Satu Mare was part of the Brădeşti municipality and is known for the beautiful wooden gates of several of the village's properties.

population

The population of today's Satu Mare municipality developed as follows:

census Ethnic composition
year population Romanians Hungary German other
1850 937 55 864 - 18th
1920 1,322 - 1.311 - 11
1992 2.017 2 2.014 - 1
2011 1.995 2 1,944 - 49

Since 1850 the area of ​​Satu Mare has the highest number of inhabitants and that of the Magyars in 1992. The highest number of Romanians was in 1850, the Roma (90) in 1941. In 2002 a Romanian German was also registered in Satu Mare.

Attractions

  • In Satu Mare there are eleven properties whose carved wooden gates, made between 1875 and 1906, are listed.
  • The Catholic Church was built in 1771 or 1772. The sacristy altar has three crosses which are assigned to the 15th and 16th centuries.

Town twinning

Satu Mare maintain partnerships with the Hungarian towns of Magyaregregy (since 2006), with Pécsvárad (since 2008) and with Alsómocsolád (since 2014).

Web links

Commons : Satu Mare  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB).
  2. ↑ a b c Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen . Kraft, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 , p. 517 .
  3. ↑ List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture , updated 2015 (PDF; 12.7 MB; Romanian).
  4. ^ Institute Of Archeology - Satu Mare , accessed July 20, 2020 (Romanian).
  5. ↑ Lay pentru înființarea unor comune. (PDF; 250 kB) Accessed July 20, 2020 (English).
  6. ↑ Censuses 1850–2002, last updated November 2, 2008 (PDF; 1 MB; Hungarian).
  7. ↑ List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture , updated 2015 (PDF; 12.7 MB; Romanian).
  8. ↑ Information on the Catholic Church in Satu Mare at biserici.org, accessed on July 20, 2020 (Romanian).
  9. ↑ Information on town twinning on the website of Satu Mare (Romanian).