Căuaș (,
Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a
commune of 2,259 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 ...
,
Crișana,
Romania
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. It is composed of six villages: Ady Endre (''Érmindszent or Adyfalva''), Căuaș, Ghenci (''Gencs''), Ghilești (''Illéd''), Hotoan (''Érhatvan''), and Rădulești (''Újtanya'').
Demographics
At the
2011 census, the commune had a population of 2,388, of which 46.7% were
Romanians
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, 35.1%
Hungarians
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, and 17.9%
Roma. At the
2021 census, there were 2,259 inhabitants, of which 42.54% were Romanians, 26.25% Hungarians, and 21.91% Roma.
History
In July 2011, a
Thracian settlement dating to 1050–1750 BC was discovered in Căuaș by a joint research group formed by Romanian and German archaeologists.
Ady Endre Memorial House
Three kilometres from Căuaș there is a small village with the name of the poet
Endre Ady, one of the most important Hungarian poets. In 1957, the ''Ady Endre Memorial House'' was founded and in the same year the name of the small village Mecențiu was changed to Ady Endre. Among the important documents, books, and manuscripts, there is also the parish transcript of the Protestant Church with the registered birth date of the poet in it. In the opposite part of the courtyard there is the Ady Endre family peasant house, where the original furniture items are displayed.
Notes
Communes in Satu Mare County
Localities in Crișana
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