| Căpleni Kaplony |
|
|---|---|
| — Commune — | |
| Country | Romania |
| County | Satu Mare County |
| Population (2002)[1] | 4,511 |
| Ethnicity | |
| • Hungarians | 83.35% |
| • Germans | 9.60% |
| • Romanians | 3.56% |
| • Roma | 3.45% |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Căpleni (Hungarian: Kaplony, Hungarian pronunciation: [’kɒploɲ]; German: Kaplau) is a commune of 4,349 inhabitants situated in Satu Mare County, Romania along the border with Hungary. It is composed of a single village, Căpleni, and also included Cămin village until 2002, when it was split off to form a separate commune.
The name "Cǎpleni" is the Romanian version of its Hungarian name, Kaplony, which derives from an Old Turkic personal name meaning "tiger".[2]
Ethnic groups (2002 census)[3]: