Tăşnad

Tăşnad
Tasnád
—  Town  —
Tăşnad
Location of Tăşnad
Coordinates:
Country  Romania
County Satu Mare County
Status Town
Government
 • Mayor Veron Andrei Stefan (Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania)
Area
 • Total 96.60 km2 (37.3 sq mi)
Population (2007)
 • Total 9,479
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Website http://www.tasnad.ro/

Tăşnad (Romanian pronunciation: [təʃˈnad]; Hungarian: Tasnád, Hungarian pronunciation: [’tɒʃnaːd]; German: Trestenburg) is a town in Satu Mare County, northwestern Romania. It administers five villages: Blaja, Cig, Raţiu, Sărăuad and Valea Morii.

Population

According to the last census from 2002 there were 9,528 people living within the city.

Of this population, 52.69% are ethnic Romanians, while 37.57% are ethnic Hungarians, 8.81% ethnic Roma and 0.93% others.[1]

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