Săcălășeni () 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 ...

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. It is made up of three villages: Coruia (''Karuly''), Culcea (''Kővárkölcse''), and Săcălășeni. From 1968 to 2004, it also included four other villages. These were then split off to recreate Coaș and Coltău Communes. The commune 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 ...

. It is located in the southwestern part of Maramureș County, south of 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 ...

. The Lăpuș River flows through Săcălășeni. At the 2021 census, the commune had a population of 2,438; of those, 89.29% were

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, ...

and 3.53%

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Communes in Maramureș County {{Maramureş-geo-stub