| Type: | commune |
| County: | Sălaj |
| Population Total: | auto |
| Official Name: | Sărmășag |
| Other Name: | Sarmaság |
| Coordinates: | 47.3486°N 22.8278°W |
| Leader Name: | Attila-János Dombi[1] |
| Leader Party: | UDMR |
| Term: | 2020 - 2024 |
| Area Total Km2: | 58.62 |
| Website: | www.sarmasag.ro |
Sărmășag (Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Sărmășag; Hungarian: Sarmaság) is a commune in Sălaj County, Crișana, Romania.
The commune's altitude is low, between 160m and 379m. The climate is continental, the average temperature in January is -3 °C, in July 21.1 °C. The average annually precipitation is about 627mm. The most important fossil fuel is the area is coal. The commune is composed of six villages: Ilișua (Selymesilosva), Lompirt (Szilágylompért), Moiad (Mojád), Poiana Măgura (Magurahegy), Sărmășag and Țărmure (Parttanya).
Sărmășag was already inhabited in the Iron Age. The first written documents date back to 1355. The name of the locality probably comes from László Sarmassághy who received the town from the Báthory family .
As of the census of 2002 there were 6,547 people residing in the town.
The ethnic makeup of the commune was 5,168 Hungarians, 1,156 Romanians, 217 Romani, 4 Ukrainians, and one German.
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