Păulești (, Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a commune of 5,775 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 ...

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. It is composed of six villages: Amați (''Amac''), Ambud (''Ombod''), Hrip (''Hirip''), Păulești, Petin (''Pettyén''), and Rușeni (''Oroszfalva''). The commune is located in the central part of the county, east 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.

Demographics

At the 2011 census, the commune had 4,909 inhabitants, of which 46.1% 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 ...

, 38.9%

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, and 10.4% Roma. According to mother tongue, 56.59% spoke Hungarian as their first language, while 42.87% spoke Romanian. At the 2021 census, Păulești had a population of 5,775; of those, 59.31% were Romanians, 17.47% Hungarians, and 9.59% Roma.

Twin towns

* Seregélyes, Hungary

References

Communes in Satu Mare County {{SatuMare-geo-stub