Santău

Commune in Satu Mare, Romania

Santău Tasnádszántó
Commune
Location in Satu Mare County
(2020–2024)		Sergiu Silaghi^[1] (PNL)
Area	82.95 km² (32.03 sq mi)
Population (2021-12-01)^[2]	2,200
• Density	27/km² (69/sq mi)
Time zone	EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Vehicle reg.	SM
Website	primariasantau.ro

Santău (Hungarian: Tasnádszántó [ˈtɒʃnaːtsaːntoː]) is a commune in Satu Mare County, north-western Romania. It is composed of three villages: Chereușa (Érkőrös), Santău and Sudurău (Érszodoró).

The earliest document to mention Santău dates to 1213, and is found in the register of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oradea Mare.^[3] Leontin Sălăjan was born there in 1913.

Demographics

Ethnic groups (2011 census):^[4]

Romanians: 1,250 (52.59%)
Hungarians: 790 (33.24%)
Roma: 298 (12.54%)

According to mother tongue, 1,284 (54.02%) speak Romanian as their first language, while 1,051 (44.22%) of the population speak Hungarian.

References

^ "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
^ "Santău". Archived from the original on 2014-10-13. Retrieved 2014-10-09.
^ "Rezultate | Recensamant 2011". Recensamantromania.ro. Retrieved 2017-07-07.