Săuca (, Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a commune of 1,477 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 ...

Crișana Crișana (, , ) is a geographical and historical region of Romania named after the Criș (Körös) River and its three tributaries: the Crișul Alb, Crișul Negru, and Crișul Repede. In Romania, the term is sometimes extended to include areas ...

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 five villages: Becheni (''Pele''), Cean (''Tasnádcsány''), Chisău (''Keszi''), Săuca, and Silvaș (''Tasnádszilvás'').

Demographics

At the 2002 census, the commune had a population of 1,468, of which 50.74% 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, ...

, 35.01%

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 ...

, and 14.16%

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.Romanian census data, 2002
retrieved on March 22, 2010 According to mother tongue, 51.63% of the population spoke

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, while 36.64% spoke Hungarian as their first language. At the 2021 census, there were 1,477 inhabitants; of those, 36.36% were Romanians, 34.39% Roma, and 19.5% Hungarians.

Natives

Ferenc Kölcsey Ferenc Kölcsey (archaically English: Francis Kolcsey, 8 August 1790 in Sződemeter – 24 August 1838) was a Hungarian poet, literary critic, orator, and politician, noted for his support of the liberal current in Hungary regarding the pol ...

, the author of the Hungarian national anthem, was born here in 1790.

References

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