Negrești-Oaș Explained

Type:town
County:Satu Mare
Official Name:Negrești-Oaș
Leader Name:Aurelia Fedorca[1]
Leader Party:PSD
Term:2020 - 2024
Coordinates:47.8694°N 23.4242°W
Elevation:223
Area Total:130
Population Total:auto
Postal Code:445200
Area Code:(+40) 02 61

Negrești-Oaș (in Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan pronounced as /neˌɡreʃtʲ ˈo̯aʃ/; Hungarian: Avasfelsőfalu, Hungarian pronunciation: NaNa) is a town in northwestern Romania, in the county of Satu Mare. Two villages, Luna (Lunaforrás) and Tur (Túrvékonya), are administered by the town. The town is the capital of the Țara Oașului ethnocultural region.[2]

Geography

Negrești-Oaș is situated at an altitude of, on the banks of the Tur River. It is located in the northeastern part of the county, on the border with Maramureș County, near the Ukrainian border. The town lies at a distance of east of the county seat, Satu Mare, and about the same distance north of Baia Mare and southwest of Sighetu Marmației.

The town is traversed by national road, which starts in Oradea, runs through Carei, Satu Mare, and Negrești-Oaș, then crosses the Inner Eastern Carpathians at the Huta Pass, and ends in Sighetu Marmației.

Population

At the 2021 census, Negrești-Oaș had a population of 14,616.[3] At the 2011 census, there were 11,867 people living within the town; of those, 95% were ethnic Romanians, while 2.9% were ethnic Hungarians and 1.9% Roma. Furthermore, 72.4% were Romanian Orthodox, 12.6% Jehovah's Witnesses, 4.5% Pentecostal, 3.7% Roman Catholic, 3.4% Greek-Catholic, and 1.6% Reformed.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Results of the 2020 local elections . Central Electoral Bureau . 8 June 2021 . dmy-all.
  2. Web site: Negrești Oaș, capitala Țării Oașului. Negrești-Oaș, capital of Oaș Country. cjsm.ro. Satu Mare County Council. July 24, 2022.
  3. Web site: Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021. INSSE. ro. 31 May 2023.
  4. 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 .