Ocna Șugatag (, , ) 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 ...
,
Maramureș
( ; ; ; ) is a geographical, historical and cultural region in northern Romania and western Ukraine. It is situated in the northeastern Carpathians, along parts of the upper Tisza River drainage basin; it covers the Maramureș Depression and the ...
,
Romania
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. It is composed of four villages: Breb (), Hoteni (), Ocna Șugatag, and Sat-Șugatag ().
Geography
The commune is located in the central-north part of Maramureș County, south of
Sighetu Marmației and northeast of the county seat,
Baia Mare. It is situated at an altitude of , in a hilly region on the eastern slopes of the
Gutin Mountains
The Gutin Mountains (; ; ) are a mountain range within the Vihorlat-Gutin Area of the Inner Eastern Carpathians. They are centered in Maramureș County in Romania, bordering Satu Mare County, and also stretching further towards northwest as the Oa ...
, on the banks of the river
Mara.
A
spa resort, Ocna Șugatag is well known for its salt water. It is home to Lake Gavril, which covers an area of over and has a depth of about . Formed by the collapse of a
salt mine more than 60 years ago, the lake is known for its
anthropomorphic shape and for the fact that at the top it has a layer of fresh water, and at the bottom a layer of salt water.
Demographics
At the
2011 census, Ocna Șugatag had 3,853 inhabitants; of those, 89.2% were
Romanians
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, 8.3%
Hungarians
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, and 2.3%
Roma. At the
2021 census, the commune had a population of 3,617, of which 84.32% were Romanians, 5.2% Hungarians, and 3.12% Roma.
Natives
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Marga Barbu (1929 – 2009), actress
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Maria Ficzay (born 1991), women's football player
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Béla Zsedényi (1894 – 1955), Hungarian jurist and politician
Climate
References
External links
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File:Katolikus templom Aknasugatagon.jpg, Roman Catholic church, Ocna Șugatag village
File:RO MM Ocna Sugatag 7.jpg, Wooden Orthodox church, Ocna Șugatag
File:Sugatag.jpg, Spa, Ocna Șugatag
File:Biserica de lemn din Sat Şugatag.jpg, Wooden church, Sat-Șugatag (1642)
File:Biserica de lemn din Hoteni-0455.jpg, Wooden church, Hoteni (1790)
File:RO MM Breb 62.jpg, Wooden church, Breb (1531)
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Communes in Maramureș County
Localities in Romanian Maramureș
Spa towns in Romania
Mining communities in Romania