Satu Mare
Satu Mare
Szatmárnémeti | |
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Location in Satu Mare County | |
Satu Mare Location in Romania | |
| Coordinates: 47°47′24″N 22°53′24″E / 47.79000°N 22.89000°E | |
| Country | Romania |
| County | Satu Mare |
| Status | County seat |
| Founded | 972 (first official record as Villa Zotmar) |
| Component villages | Sătmărel |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2024–2028) | Gábor Kereskényi (UDMR) |
| Area | |
• Total | 150.3 km2 (58.0 sq mi) |
| Population (2021-12-01) | |
• Total | 91,520 |
| • Density | 669/km2 (1,730/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | sătmărean, sătmăreancă (ro), "szatmári","szatmárnémeti" (hu) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal Code | 44xyz |
| Area code | +40 x61 |
| Car Plates | SM |
| Climate | Cfb |
| Website | www |
Satu Mare (pronounced [ˈsatu ˈmare] ⓘ; Hungarian: Szatmárnémeti [sɒtmaːrneːmɛti]; German: Sathmar; Yiddish: סאטמאר Satmar or סאַטמער Satmer) is a city in Romania with a population of 91,520 (2021). It is the capital of Satu Mare County 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.