Tiream (, Hungarian pronunciation: ; , from 2002 on ''Terem'') is a commune of 2,068 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. It is composed of three villages: Portița (''Portelek''), Tiream, and Vezendiu (''Vezend''). The commune is located in the southwestern part of the county, on the banks of the river Sânmiclăuș.

Administration

The current local council has the following political composition, based on the results of the votes cast at the 2024 Romanian local elections.

Demographics

At the 2002 census, Tiream had 2,358 inhabitants; of those, 48.3% were

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, 29.2% were

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, 14.1%

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(mainly

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), and 8.1%

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.Romanian census data, 2002
retrieved on March 22, 2010 According to mother tongue, 50.1% of the population spoke

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, while 45.6% spoke Hungarian as their first language. At the 2011 census, the commune had a population of 2,226, of which 41.06% were Romanians, 23.67% were Hungarians, 20.13% Roma, and 10.92% Germans. At the 2021 census, the population had decreased to 2,068, of which 41.05% were Romanians, 40.18% were Hungarians, 7.06% Roma, and 4.11% Germans.

References

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