Type: | commune |
County: | Maramureș |
Ocna Șugatag | |
Subdivisions: | Breb, Hoteni, Ocna Șugatag, Sat-Șugatag |
Leader Name: | Ioan Oanea[1] |
Leader Party: | CMM |
Leader Term: | 2020 - 2024 |
Coordinates: | 47.7833°N 79°W |
Elevation: | 490 |
Area Total: | 85.20 |
Population Total: | auto |
Postal Code: | 437205 |
Area Code: | (+40) 02 62 |
Ocna Șugatag (hu|Aknasugatag, yi|אוקנה-שוגאטאג|Okna Sugatag, uk|Окна-Шугатаг) is a commune in Maramureș County, Maramureș, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Breb (hu|Bréb), Hoteni (hu|Hotinka), Ocna Șugatag, and Sat-Șugatag (hu|Falusugatag).
The commune is located in the central-north part of Maramureș County, south of Sighetu Marmației and northeast of the county seat, Baia Mare. It is situated at an altitude of, in a hilly region on the eastern slopes of the Gutin Mountains, on the banks of the river Mara.
A spa resort, Ocna Șugatag is well known for its salt water. It is home to Lake Gavril, which covers an area of over 2ha and has a depth of about . Formed by the collapse of a salt mine more than 60 years ago, the lake is known for its anthropomorphic shape and for the fact that at the top it has a layer of fresh water, and at the bottom a layer of salt water.[2]
At the 2011 census, Ocna Șugatag had 3,853 inhabitants; of those, 89.2% were Romanians, 8.3% Hungarians, and 2.3% Roma. At the 2021 census, the commune had a population of 3,617, of which 84.32% were Romanians, 5.2% Hungarians, and 3.12% Roma.[3]