Coltău () is a commune in

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

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. It is composed of two villages, Cătălina (''Koltókatalin'') and Coltău. Formerly independent, the villages were part of

Săcălășeni Săcălășeni () is a commune in Maramureș County, Romania. It is made up of three villages: Coruia (''Karuly''), Culcea (''Kővárkölcse''), and Săcălășeni. From 1968 to 2004, it also included four other villages. These were then split off ...

Commune from 1968 to 2004, when they were split off to form a separate commune. At the 2011 census, 57.1% of inhabitants were

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, 37.8%

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and 5%

Romanians Romanians (, ; dated Endonym and exonym, exonym ''Vlachs'') are a Romance languages, Romance-speaking ethnic group and nation native to Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. Sharing a Culture of Romania, ...

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Communes in Maramureș County {{Maramureş-geo-stub