Satu Mare
Satu Mare
Szatmárnémeti | |
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Left to right: Dacia Hotel, Firemen's Tower, Vécsey Palace (art museum), Roman Catholic Cathedral, Chain Church | |
Location in Satu Mare County | |
| Coordinates: 47°47′24″N 22°53′24″E / 47.79000°N 22.89000°E | |
| Country | Romania |
| County | Satu Mare |
| Status | County seat |
| Founded | 972 (first official record as Villa Zotmar) |
| Component villages | Sătmărel |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2024) | Gábor Kereskényi (UDMR) |
| Area | |
• Total | 150.3 km2 (58.0 sq mi) |
| Population (2021-12-01) | |
• Total | 91,520 |
| • Density | 669/km2 (1,730/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | sătmărean, sătmăreancă (ro), "szatmári","szatmárnémeti" (hu) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal Code | 44xyz |
| Area code | +40 x61 |
| Car Plates | SM |
| Climate | Cfb |
| Website | www |
Satu Mare (pronounced [ˈsatu ˈmare] ⓘ; Hungarian: Szatmárnémeti [sɒtmaːrneːmɛti]; German: Sathmar; Yiddish: סאטמאר Satmar or סאַטמער Satmer) 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. Mentioned in the Gesta Hungarorum as castrum Zotmar ("Zotmar's fort"), the city has a history going back to the Middle Ages. Today, it is an academic, cultural, industrial, and business centre in the Nord-Vest development region.