Seini (

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: ''Leuchtenburg''; Hungarian: ''Szinérváralja'') is a town 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 administers two villages, Săbișa (''Kissebespatak'') and Viile Apei (''Apahegy''). It officially became a town in 1989, as a result of the

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Geography

The town is located in the western part of Maramureș County, from the county seat,

Baia Mare Baia Mare ( , ; ; ; ) is a Municipiu, city along the Săsar, Săsar River, in northwestern Romania; it is the capital of Maramureș County. The city lies in the region of Maramureș, a subregion of Transylvania. It is situated about from Buchare ...

, on the border with

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 ...

. It belongs to the

Baia Mare metropolitan area Baia Mare Metropolitan Area (BMMA) is located in northwestern Romania and consists of Baia Mare City (Maramureș County seat) and localities found within a distance of . For the 2014–2020 time period, the Baia Mare Metropolitan Area was slated ...

. Seini is crossed by

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(part of

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), which runs from

Cluj-Napoca Cluj-Napoca ( ; ), or simply Cluj ( , ), is a city in northwestern Romania. It is the second-most populous city in the country and the seat of Cluj County. Geographically, it is roughly equidistant from Bucharest (), Budapest () and Belgrade ( ...

north towards Baia Mare and the border crossing at

Halmeu Halmeu (, ; ) is a commune of 4,276 inhabitants situated in Satu Mare County, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Băbești (''Kisbábony''), Dobolț (''Dabolc''), Halmeu, Halmeu-Vii (''Halmihegy''), and Mesteacăn (''Nyírestanya''). The co ...

, where it connects with the Ukrainian highway M26. The town has two train stations ( and Săbișa), both serving the CFR Main Line 400, which connects

Brașov Brașov (, , ; , also ''Brasau''; ; ; Transylvanian Saxon dialect, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Kruhnen'') is a city in Transylvania, Romania and the county seat (i.e. administrative centre) of Brașov County. According to the 2021 Romanian census, ...

with Baia Mare and

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 ...

Demographics

At the 2021 census, Seini had a population of 8,198, of which 77% were

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, 12.2%

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, and 2.7%

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Natives

* Béla Bay (1907–1999), Hungarian épée and foil fencer * Alex Goldfarb (born 1947), Israeli politician *

János Sylvester János Sylvester sometimes known as János Erdősi (1504–1552) was a 16th-century Hungarian figure of the Reformation, and also a poet and grammarian, who was the first to translate the New Testament into Hungarian language, Hungarian, in 154 ...

(1504–1552), Hungarian figure of the Reformation, poet, and grammarian *

Charles Zagonyi Károly Zágonyi (19 October 1822 in Seini, Szinyérváralja, Kingdom of Hungary, Hungary – around 1870), known in the United States, U.S. as Charles Zagonyi, was a former Hungarians, Hungarian military officer who served in the American Civil Wa ...

(1822–1870), former Hungarian military officer who served in the American Civil War

References

Populated places in Maramureș County Towns in Romania {{Maramureş-geo-stub