Cehal

Commune in Satu Mare, Romania

Cehal Oláhcsaholy
Commune
Location in Satu Mare County
(2020–2024)		Gheorghe Jurchiș (PSD)
Area	65.43 km² (25.26 sq mi)
Elevation	226 m (741 ft)
Population (2021-12-01)^[1]	1,279
• Density	20/km² (51/sq mi)
Time zone	EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Postal code	447095
Area code	+(40) 261
Vehicle reg.	SM
Website	primariacehal.ro

Cehal (Hungarian: Oláhcsaholy, Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈolaːhtʃɒhoj]) is a commune situated in Satu Mare County, Crișana, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Cehal, Cehăluț (the commune center; Magyarcsaholy), and Orbău (Tasnádorbó).

Demographics

At the 2011 census the commune had 1,594 inhabitants, of which 66.4% were Romanians and 33.3% Hungarians.^[2] At the 2021 census Cehal had a population of 1,279; of those, 62% were Romanians and 32% Hungarians.^[3]

Natives

Zoltán Sztáray (1918–2011), writer

References

^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2012-06-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (in Romanian). INSSE. 31 May 2023.