Cehal Explained

Type:commune
County:Satu Mare
Cehal
Other Name:Oláhcsaholy
Leader Name:Gheorghe Jurchiș
Leader Party:PSD
Leader Term:2020 - 2024
Coordinates:47.3833°N 58°W
Elevation:226
Area Total:65.43
Population Total:auto
Postal Code:447095
Area Code:+(40) 261

Cehal (Hungarian: Oláhcsaholy, Hungarian pronunciation: NaNo) is a commune situated in Satu Mare County, Crișana, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Cehal, Cehăluț (the commune center; Magyarcsaholy), and Orbău (Tasnádorbó).

Demographics

At the 2011 census the commune had 1,594 inhabitants, of which 66.4% were Romanians and 33.3% Hungarians.[1] At the 2021 census Cehal had a population of 1,279; of those, 62% were Romanians and 32% Hungarians.[2]

Natives

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Archived copy . 2012-06-10 . 2013-10-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131029194405/http://www.satumare.insse.ro/phpfiles/rezultateprovizorii.pdf . dead .
  2. Web site: Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021. INSSE. ro. 31 May 2023.