Type: | commune |
County: | Satu Mare |
Botiz | |
Leader Name: | Ioan Mureșan |
Leader Party: | PNL |
Leader Term: | 2020 - 2024 |
Coordinates: | 47.8333°N 79°W |
Elevation: | 125 |
Area Total: | 36.34 |
Population Total: | auto |
Postal Code: | 447065 |
Area Code: | +(40) 261 |
Botiz (hu|Batiz; Hungarian pronunciation: NaNb) is a commune situated in Satu Mare County, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Botiz. Until 2004, it also included Agriș and Ciuperceni villages, but these were split off that year to form Agriș Commune.
East of Botiz, there is a medium-wave broadcasting station with two 139-metre-tall guyed masts.
At the 2011 census, the commune had 3,622 inhabitants; of those, 71.4% were Romanians, 22.5% Hungarians, and 4.7% Roma.[1] At the 2021 census, Botiz had a population of 3,604, of which 75.8% were Romanians, 13.6% Hungarians, and 3.36% Roma.[2]