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).
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]