Bixad (, pronounced: ) is a commune of 6,368 inhabitants situated in

Satu Mare County Satu Mare County (, , ) is a county (Counties of Romania, județ) of Romania, on the border with Hungary and Ukraine. The capital city is Satu Mare. Name In Hungarian language, Hungarian, it is known as ''Szatmár megye'', in German language, Ge ...

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

. It is composed of three villages: Bixad, Boinești (''Bujánháza''), and Trip (''Terep''). The commune is located in the

Țara Oașului Țara Oașului, lit. 'Oaș Country' in Romanian language, Romanian () is an cultural area, ethnocultural and historical region of Romania located in the north-east part of Satu Mare County, from both Satu Mare and Baia Mare. The total area is abo ...

ethnographic and historical region, in the northern part of Satu Mare County. It lies on the banks of the river Valea Rea and its tributary, the Valea Albă. Bixad is situated northeast of the county seat,

Satu Mare Satu Mare (; ; ; or ) is a city with a population of 102,400 (2011). It is the capital of Satu Mare County, Romania, as well as the centre of the Satu Mare metropolitan area. It lies in the region of Maramureș, broadly part of Transylvania ...

, on the border with Ukraine. The Bixad train station serves the CFR Line 417, which connects it to Satu Mare.

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Communes in Satu Mare County {{SatuMare-geo-stub