Type: | commune |
County: | Satu Mare |
Săuca | |
Leader Name: | Gheorghe Marian |
Leader Party: | PSD |
Leader Term: | 2020 - 2024 |
Coordinates: | 47.4833°N 50°W |
Elevation: | 162 |
Area Total: | 52.70 |
Population Total: | auto |
Postal Code: | 447280 |
Area Code: | +(40) 261 |
Săuca (hu|Sződemeter, Hungarian pronunciation: NaNsz) is a commune of 1,477 inhabitants situated in Satu Mare County, Crișana, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Becheni (Pele), Cean (Tasnádcsány), Chisău (Keszi), Săuca, and Silvaș (Tasnádszilvás).
At the 2002 census, the commune had a population of 1,468, of which 50.74% were Romanians, 35.01% Hungarians, and 14.16%Roma.[1] According to mother tongue, 51.63% of the population spoke Romanian, while 36.64% spoke Hungarian as their first language. At the 2021 census, there were 1,477 inhabitants; of those, 36.36% were Romanians, 34.39% Roma, and 19.5% Hungarians.[2]
Ferenc Kölcsey, the author of the Hungarian national anthem, was born here in 1790.