Satu Mare

Satu Mare
Szatmárnémeti
Left to right: Dacia Hotel, Firemen's Tower, Vécsey Palace (art museum), Roman Catholic Cathedral, Chain Church
Left to right: Dacia Hotel, Firemen's Tower, Vécsey Palace (art museum), Roman Catholic Cathedral, Chain Church
Location in Satu Mare County
Location in Satu Mare County
Satu Mare is located in Romania
Satu Mare
Satu Mare
Location in Romania
Coordinates: 47°47′24″N 22°53′24″E / 47.79000°N 22.89000°E / 47.79000; 22.89000
Country Romania
CountySatu Mare
StatusCounty seat
Founded972 (first official record as Villa Zotmar)
Component villagesSătmărel
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2024)Gábor Kereskényi[1] (UDMR)
Area
 • Total150.3 km2 (58.0 sq mi)
Population
 (2021-12-01)[2]
 • Total91,520
 • Density669/km2 (1,730/sq mi)
Demonym(s)sătmăreansătmăreancă (ro), "szatmári","szatmárnémeti" (hu)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code
44xyz
Area code+40 x61
Car PlatesSM
ClimateCfb
Websitewww.primariasm.ro

Satu Mare (pronounced [ˈsatu ˈmare] ; Hungarian: Szatmárnémeti [sɒtmaːrneːmɛti]; German: Sathmar; Yiddish: סאטמאר Satmar or סאַטמער Satmer) is a city with a population of 102,400 (2011). It is the capital of Satu Mare County, Romania, as well as the centre of the Satu Mare metropolitan area. It lies in the region of Maramureș, broadly part of Transylvania. Mentioned in the Gesta Hungarorum as castrum Zotmar ("Zotmar's fort"), the city has a history going back to the Middle Ages. Today, it is an academic, cultural, industrial, and business centre in the Nord-Vest development region.

  1. ^ "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.