Căpleni
Căpleni
Kaplony | |
|---|---|
 Saint Anthony of Padua Church | |
 Location in Satu Mare County | |
  Căpleni Location in Romania | |
| Coordinates: 47°43′N 22°30′E / 47.717°N 22.500°E | |
| Country | Romania |
| County | Satu Mare |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2024–2028) | Tamás-Róbert Megyeri[1] (UDMR) |
Area | 28.23 km2 (10.90 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 116 m (381 ft) |
| Population (2021-12-01)[2] | 2,851 |
| • Density | 100/km2 (260/sq mi) |
| Time zone | EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3) |
| Postal code | 447080 |
| Vehicle reg. | SM |
| Website | www |
Căpleni (Hungarian: Kaplony, Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈkɒploɲ]; German: Kaplau) is a commune of 4,349 inhabitants in Satu Mare County, Romania along the border with Hungary. It is composed of a single village, Căpleni, and also included the village of Cămin until 2002, when it was split off to form a separate commune.
The commune is located in the western part of the county, on the bank of the Crasna River, at a distance of 4 km (2.5 mi) north of Carei and 40 km (25 mi) from the county seat, Satu Mare.
Administration
[edit]The current local council has the following political composition, based on the results of the votes cast at the 2024 Romanian local elections.
| Party | Seats | Current Council | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR/RMDSZ) | 11 | ||||||||||||
| Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania (FDGR/DFDR) | 2 | ||||||||||||
Etymology
[edit]The name "Căpleni" is the Romanian version of its Hungarian name, Kaplony, which derives from an Old Turkic personal name meaning "tiger".[3]
Demographics
[edit]Ethnic groups (2011 census):[4]
- Hungarians (90.4%)
- Roma (4%)
- Romanians (3.1%)
- Germans (2.4%)
Natives
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
- ^ "Magyar Keresztnevek Tára".
- ^ Romanian census data, 2011 Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved on May 14, 2012
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