Moftin (,
Hungarian pronunciation: ; ) is a
commune of 4,222 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
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. Its center is Moftinu Mic, and the commune is composed of seven villages: Domănești (''Domahida''), Ghilvaci (''Gilvács''), Ghirolt (''Érgirolt''), Istrău (''Esztró''), Moftinu Mare (''Nagymajtény''),
Moftinu Mic, and Sânmiclăuș (''Krasznaszentmiklós'').
Administration
The current local council has the following political composition, based on the results of the votes cast at the 2024 Romanian local elections.
Geography
The commune is located in the south-western part of the county, at a distance of from
Carei and from the county seat,
Satu Mare, on
European route E671. It borders the city of Carei and
Căpleni commune to the west,
Căuaș commune to the south,
Terebești and
Craidorolț communes to the east and
Doba commune to the north.
History
On 1 May 1711, at the end of
Rákóczi's War of Independence, 12,000 rebels laid down their arms and took an oath of allegiance to the Emperor in the fields outside Kismajtény (Moftinu Mic).
Economy
The
Moftin oil field is located on the territory of the commune.
Demographics
At the 2002 census, the commune had 4,328 inhabitants, of whom
57.39% were
Romanians
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, 31.81%
Hungarians
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, and 4.78%
Roma; according to mother tongue, 53.65% spoke
Romanian as their first language, while 44.59% spoke
Hungarian.
Romanian census data, 2002
retrieved on March 22, 2010 At the 2011 census, Moftin had a population of 4,293, of which 53.69% were Romanians, 26.48% Hungarians, 9.64% Roma, 4.52% Germans
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, and 2.14% Ukrainians
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. At the 2021 census, it had a population of 4,293, of which 53.08% were Romanians, 27.76% Hungarians, 8.83% Roma, 3.34% Germans, and 2.87% Ukrainians.
Natives
* Silviu Lung (born 1956), football player and manager
References
Communes in Satu Mare County
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