Negrești-Oaș (; hu, Avasfelsőfalu, Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a town in northwestern

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 ...

, in the county of Satu Mare. Two villages, Luna (''Lunaforrás'') and Tur (''Túrvékonya''), are administered by the town. The name ''Negrești'' comes from the Romanian word "negru", meaning "black". The town is the capital of the

Oaș Country Oaș Country (Romanian: ''Țara Oașului'', Hungarian: ''Avasság'') is an ethnographic and historical region of Romania located in the North-East part of Satu Mare County, 50 km from the city of Satu Mare, also 50 km from the city o ...

ethnographic region.

Geography

Negrești-Oaș is located in the northeastern part of the county, on the border with

Maramureș County Maramureș County () is a county (județ) in Romania, in the Maramureș region. The county seat is Baia Mare. Name In Hungarian it is known as ''Máramaros megye'', in Ukrainian as Мараморо́щина, in German as ''Kreis Marmarosch' ...

, near the

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border. It lies at a distance of east of the county seat, Satu Mare, and about the same distance north of

Baia Mare Baia Mare ( , ; hu, Nagybánya; german: Frauenbach or Groß-Neustadt; la, Rivulus Dominarum) is a municipality along the Săsar River, in northwestern Romania; it is the capital of Maramureș County. The city lies in the region of Maramur ...

and southwest of

Sighetu Marmației Sighetu Marmației (, also spelled ''Sighetul Marmației''; german: Marmaroschsiget or ''Siget''; hu, Máramarossziget, ; uk, Сигіт, Syhit; yi, סיגעט, Siget), until 1960 Sighet, is a city (municipality) in Maramureș County near the ...

. The town is traversed by

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, which starts in Oradea, runs through

Carei Carei (; , ; /, yi, , ) is a city in Satu Mare County, northwestern Romania, near the border with Hungary. The city administers one village, Ianculești ( hu, Szentjánosmajor). History The first mention of the city under the name of "Karul ...

, Satu Mare, and Negrești-Oaș, then crosses the

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at the Huta Pass, and ends in Sighetu Marmației.

Population

According to the 2011 census, there were 11,867 people living within the town. Of the population for whom data were available, 95% were ethnic

Romanians The Romanians ( ro, români, ; dated exonym '' Vlachs'') are a Romance-speaking ethnic group. Sharing a common Romanian culture and ancestry, and speaking the Romanian language, they live primarily in Romania and Moldova. The 2011 Roman ...

, while 2.9% were ethnic

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and 1.9% Roma. 72.4% were

Romanian Orthodox The Romanian Orthodox Church (ROC; ro, Biserica Ortodoxă Română, ), or Patriarchate of Romania, is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church in full communion with other Eastern Orthodox Christian churches, and one of the nine patriarchates ...

, 12.6% Jehovah's Witnesses, 4.5%

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, 3.7%

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, 3.4%

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and 1.6% Reformed.

Natives

Oana Gregory Oana Gregory (born Oana Andreea Grigoruț; January 9, 1996) is a Romanian-American actress. Established in the United States since October 2002, Gregory became internationally known for roles in Disney productions such as '' Kickin' It'', ''Lab ...

(born 1996), actress * Mihai Ștețca (born 1981), footballer

Gallery

File:Port oșenesc.jpeg, Local boys in traditional costume File:Râul Tur, primăvara 2013.jpeg, The river Tur in Negrești-Oaș near its source

References

Towns in Romania Populated places in Satu Mare County {{SatuMare-geo-stub