Acâș (,
Hungarian pronunciation: ; ) is a
commune of 2,728 inhabitants situated in
Satu Mare County
Satu Mare County (, , ) is a county (Counties of Romania, județ) of Romania, on the border with Hungary and Ukraine. The capital city is Satu Mare.
Name
In Hungarian language, Hungarian, it is known as ''Szatmár megye'', in German language, Ge ...
,
Crișana
Crișana (, , ) is a geographical and historical region of Romania named after the Criș (Körös) River and its three tributaries: the Crișul Alb, Crișul Negru, and Crișul Repede. In Romania, the term is sometimes extended to include areas ...
,
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...
. It is composed of four villages: Acâș, Ganaș (''Gánás''), Mihăieni (''Krasznamihályfalva''), and Unimăt (''Újnémet'', ''Neudorf'').
The commune is located in the southern part of the county, from the county seat,
Satu Mare
Satu Mare (; ; ; or ) 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 ...
. The river
Crasna flows through Acâș village and the river
Ier flows through Mihăieni village.
Acâș is crossed by
national road
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(part of
European route E81), which starts in
Supur, to the south, goes through Satu Mare, and ends in
Dorolț, at the
Hungary–Romania border crossing.
Demographics
At the 2002 census, Acâș had 2,859 inhabitants; of those, 55.7% were
Hungarians
Hungarians, also known as Magyars, are an Ethnicity, ethnic group native to Hungary (), who share a common Culture of Hungary, culture, Hungarian language, language and History of Hungary, history. They also have a notable presence in former pa ...
, 22%
Romanians
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, 22%
Roma, and 0.3%
Germans
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. According to mother tongue, 77.5% of the population spoke
Hungarian, while 22.3% spoke
Romanian as their first language.
At the
2011 census, the commune had a population of 2,827, of which 43.23% were Hungarians, 26.85% Roma, and 26.81% Romanians. At the
2021 census, the population had decreased to 2,728; of those, 40.65% were Roma, 32.18% Hungarians, and 21.66% Romanians.
Sister cities
*
Markaz, Hungary
References
Communes in Satu Mare County
Localities in Crișana
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