Căuaș ( hu, Érkávás, Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a

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of 2,350 inhabitants situated in

Satu Mare County Satu Mare County ( ro, Județul Satu Mare, ) is a county (județ) of Romania, on the border with Hungary and Ukraine. The capital city is Satu Mare. Name In Hungarian, it is known as ''Szatmár megye'', in German as ''Kreis Sathmar'', in Ukrain ...

Crișana Crișana ( hu, Körösvidék, german: Kreischgebiet) is a geographical and historical region in north-western Romania, named after the Criș (Körös) River and its three tributaries: the Crișul Alb, Crișul Negru, and Crișul Repede. In Rom ...

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...

. It is composed of six villages: *Ady Endre / Érmindszent or Adyfalva *Căuaș *Ghenci / Gencs *Ghilești / Illéd *Hotoan / Érhatvan *Rădulești / Újtanya

Demographics

Ethnic groups (2011 census): *

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: (46.7%) *

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: (35.1%) *

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: (17.9%)

History

In July 2011, a

Thracian The Thracians (; grc, Θρᾷκες ''Thrāikes''; la, Thraci) were an Indo-European speaking people who inhabited large parts of Eastern and Southeastern Europe in ancient history.. "The Thracians were an Indo-European people who occupied ...

settlement dating to 1050–1750 BC has been discovered in Căuaș by a joint research group formed by

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and German archaeologists.http://www.adevarul.ro/locale/satu_mare/Descoperire_istorica_la_Cauas_0_527347500.html Thracian settlement discovered in Căuaș

Ady Endre Memorial House

Three kilometres from Căuaș there is a small village with the name of the poet Endre Ady, one of the most important Hungarian poets. In 1957, the ''Ady Endre Memorial House'' was founded and in the same year the name of the small village Mecențiu was changed to Ady Endre. Among the important documents, books, and manuscripts, there is also the parish transcript of the Protestant Church with the registered birth date of the poet in it. In the opposite part of the courtyard there is the Ady Endre family peasant house, where the original furniture items are displayed.

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External links

Thracian settlement discovered in Căuaș
Érmindszent, Ady Endre szülôháza

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