Sanislău (, Hungarian pronunciation: ; ) is a commune of 4,986 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: Horea (''Károlyipuszta''), Marna Nouă (''Újmárna'') and Sanislău. Until 2004, it also included Ciumești, Berea, and Viișoara, but these were split off that year to form

Ciumești Ciumești (, Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a commune located in Satu Mare County, Romania. The commune is located in the western part of the county, at a distance of west of Carei and from the county seat, Satu Mare. Composition The commune ...

commune. The commune is located at the western limit of the county, at a distance of west of

Carei Carei (; , ; /, , ) is a municipiu, city in Satu Mare County, northwestern Romania, near the border with Hungary. The city administers one village, Ianculești (). Geography The municipality of Carei is situated in the north-west of Romania, aw ...

and from 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 ...

. It borders

Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...

to the west, Petrești commune to the east, Ciumești to the north, and Pișcolt commune to the south. The is a protected area located on the territory of Sanislău.

Administration

The current local council has the following political composition, based on the results of the votes cast at the 2024 Romanian local elections.

References

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