Vetiș (, Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a commune of 4,475 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: Decebal (''Újtelep''), Oar (''Óvári''), and Vetiș. The commune is located in the western part of the county, 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 ...

, on the border with Hungary.

Demographics

At the 2002 census, the commune had a population of 4,475; of those, 48.78% 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, ...

, 45.87%

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 ...

, 2.59%

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, and 2.57%

Ukrainians Ukrainians (, ) are an East Slavs, East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine. Their native tongue is Ukrainian language, Ukrainian, and the majority adhere to Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, forming the List of contemporary eth ...

. According to mother tongue, 59.10% of the population spoke Hungarian, while 39.55% spoke

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as their first language. At the 2011 census, the number of inhabitants had increased to 4,788, of which 47.58% were Romanians, 40.89% Hungarians, 5.45% Roma, and 1.46% Ukrainians. At the 2021 census, Vetiș had a population of 5,384; of those, 55.2% were Romanians, 30.44% Hungarians, 3.7% Roma, and 1.52% Ukrainians.

References

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