Santău Explained

Type:	commune
County:	Satu Mare
Population Total:	auto
Official Name:	Santău
Other Name:	Tasnádszántó
Coordinates:	47.5167°N 53°W
Leader Party:	PNL
Leader Name:	Sergiu Silaghi^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2024
Area Total Km2:	82.95

Santău (Hungarian: Tasnádszántó NaNt) is a commune in Satu Mare County, north-western Romania. It is composed of three villages: Chereușa (Érkőrös), Santău and Sudurău (Érszodoró).

The earliest document to mention Santău dates to 1213, and is found in the register of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oradea Mare.^[2] Leontin Sălăjan was born there in 1913.

Demographics

Ethnic groups (2011 census):^[3]

• Romanians

1,250 (52.59%)

• Hungarians

790 (33.24%)

• Roma

298 (12.54%)

According to mother tongue, 1,284 (54.02%) speak Romanian as their first language, while 1,051 (44.22%) of the population speak Hungarian.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results of the 2020 local elections . Central Electoral Bureau . 8 June 2021 . dmy-all.
2. Web site: Santău . 2014-10-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141013220846/http://www.zothmar.ro/comune/santau/index.html . 2014-10-13 .
3. Web site: Rezultate | Recensamant 2011 . Recensamantromania.ro . 2017-07-07.