Păulești ( hu, Szatmárpálfalva, Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a

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of 4,323 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 ...

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. It is composed of six villages:

Demographics

Ethnic groups (2011 census): *

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: 46.1% *

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: 38.9% * Romanies (Gypsies): 10.4% According to mother tongue, 56.59% speak Hungarian as their first language, while 42.87% of the population speak

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Twin towns

Seregélyes Seregélyes is a village in Fejér county, Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the north ...

, Hungary

References

Communes in Satu Mare County {{SatuMare-geo-stub