Gherța Mică (, pronounced: ) is a commune 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 a single village, Gherța Mică. The commune is situated in the

Țara Oașului Țara Oașului, lit. 'Oaș Country' in Romanian language, Romanian () is an cultural area, ethnocultural and historical region of Romania located in the north-east part of Satu Mare County, from both Satu Mare and Baia Mare. The total area is abo ...

ethnocultural and historical region in the northeastern part of Satu Mare County. It lies at an altitude of , on the banks of the river Tur and its left tributary, the river

Talna The Talna is a left tributary of the river Tur in Romania. It discharges into the Tur in Gherța Mică. Its length is and its basin size is . The upper reach of the river, upstream of the junction with the Talna Mică, is sometimes considered t ...

. Gherța Mică is located northeast of 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 ...

, and belongs to the

Satu Mare metropolitan area The Satu Mare Metropolitan Area is a metropolitan area of Romania founded on April 26, 2013 around Satu Mare, the capital city of Satu Mare County. It has a population of 233,306 and, besides Satu Mare, it includes four cities and towns ( Carei, ...

. At the 2021 census, the commune had a population of 3,881; of those, 95.72% were ethnic

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, ...

Natives

* Rodion Markovits (1888 – 1948), writer, journalist, and lawyer *

Maricica Țăran Maricia Titie Ţăran (later ''Iordache''; born 4 January 1962) is a retired Romanian-German rower. Competing for Romania in quadruple sculls she won a gold medal at the 1984 Olympics, followed by two medals at the 1985 and 1986 world championsh ...

(born 1962), rower

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Education

Gherța Mică commune has 3 general schools and 4 kindergartens for children. Communes in Satu Mare County {{SatuMare-geo-stub