Apa (,
Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a
commune of 2,575 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 ...
,
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 three villages: Apa, Lunca Apei (''Apai Lanka'') and Someșeni (''Szamostelek'').
A famous
Bronze Age
The Bronze Age () was a historical period characterised principally by the use of bronze tools and the development of complex urban societies, as well as the adoption of writing in some areas. The Bronze Age is the middle principal period of ...
hoard was discovered in Apa, including swords which are known as
Hajdúsámson
Hajdúsámson is a town in Hajdú-Bihar county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary.
Geography
It covers an area of and has a population of 12,961 people (2015).
Twin towns – sister cities
Hajdúsámson is twinned with ...
-Apa swords, after their two
type-sites (see
Wietenberg culture
The Wietenberg culture was a Bronze Age Europe, Middle Bronze Age archeological culture in central Romania (Prehistory of Transylvania, Transylvania) that roughly dates to 2200–1600/1500 BCE. Representing a local variant of Usatove culture, ...
).
Natives
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Vasile Lucaciu
Vasile Lucaciu (January 21, 1852 – November 29, 1922) was a Romanian Greek-Catholic priest and an advocate of equal rights of Romanians with the Hungarians in Transylvania.
Biography
He was born in Apa, Szatmár County, the son of Mihai Luc ...
References
Communes in Satu Mare County
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