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{{Short description|City in Satu Mare County, Romania}}
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'''Satu Mare''' ({{IPA|ro|ˈsatu ˈmare |pron |LL-Q7913 (ron)-KlaudiuMihaila-Satu Mare.wav}}; {{langx|hu|Szatmárnémeti}} {{convertIPA-hu|sz|a|t|m|á|r|n|é|m|e|t|i}}; {{langx|de|Sathmar}}; {{langx|yi|סאטמאר}} {{Transliteration|yi|Satmar}} or {{lang|yi|סאַטמער}} {{Transliteration|yi|Satmer}}) is a city in [[Romania]] with a population of 102,400 (2011). It is the capital of [[Satu Mare County]] as well as the centre of the [[Satu Mare metropolitan area]]. It lies in the region of [[Maramureș]], broadly part of [[Transylvania]]. Mentioned in the ''[[Gesta Hungarorum]]'' as {{lang|la|castrum Zotmar}} ("Zotmar's fort"), the city has a history going back to the [[Middle Ages]]. Today, it is an academic, cultural, industrial, and business centre in the [[Nord-Vest]] development region.

==Geography==
Satu Mare is situated in [[Satu Mare County]], in northwest Romania, on the river [[Someș]], {{convert|13|km|mi|abbr=on}} from the border with Hungary and {{convert|27|km|mi|abbr=on}} from the border with Ukraine. The city is located at an altitude of {{convert|126|m|ft|abbr=on}} on the [[Someș River|Lower Someș alluvial plain]], spreading out from the [[Administrative Palace, Satu Mare|Administrative Palace]] at 25 October Square. The boundaries of the municipality contain an area of {{convert|150.3|km2|sqmi}}.

From a geomorphologic point of view, the city is located on the [[Someș River|Someș Meadow]] on both sides of the river, which narrows in the vicinity of the city and widens [[Source (river or stream)|upstream]] and [[Source (river or stream)|downstream]] from it; flooded during heavy rainfall, the field has various geographical configurations at the edge of the city (sand banks, valleys, micro-depressions).<ref name="Geografie">{{cite web|url=http://www.satu-mare.ro/despre/localizare.html |title=Geografie |publisher=www.satu-mare.ro |language=ro |access-date=2009-06-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612193108/http://www.satu-mare.ro/despre/localizare.html |archive-date=June 12, 2009}}</ref>

The formation of the current terrain of the city, dating from the late [[Pliocene]] in the [[Tertiary period]], is linked to the clogging of the [[Pannonian Sea]]. Layers of soil were created from deposits of [[sand]], [[loess]] and [[gravel]], and generally have a thickness of {{convert|16|m|ft|abbr=on}}–{{convert|18|m|ft|abbr=on}}. Over this base, decaying vegetation gave rise to [[podsol]]ic soils, which led to favorable conditions for crops ([[cereal]]s, [[vegetable]]s, [[fruit tree]]s).<ref name="Geografie"/>

The water network around Satu Mare is composed of the Someș River, [[Pârâul Sar]] in the north and the [[Homorod River (Someș)|Homorod River]] in the south. The formation and evolution of the city was closely related to the Someș River, which, in addition to allowing for the settlement of a human community around it, has offered, since the early [[Middle Ages]], the possibility of international trade with coastal regions, a practice that favored [[Mill (grinding)|milling]], [[fishing]] and other economic activities.<ref name="Geografie"/>

Because the land slopes gently around the city, the Someș River has created numerous branches and [[meander]]s (before 1777, in the perimeter of the city there were 25 meanders [[Source (river or stream)|downstream]] and 14 [[Source (river or stream)|upstream]]). After systematisation works in 1777, the number of meanders in the city dropped to 9 [[wikt:downstream|downstream]] and 5 [[Source (river or stream)|upstream]], the total length of the river now being at {{convert|36.5|km|mi|abbr=on}} within the city. Systematisation performed up to the mid-19th century configured the existing Someș riverbed; [[Levee|embankments]] were built {{convert|17.3|km|mi|abbr=on}} long on the right bank and {{convert|11|km|mi|abbr=on}} on the left. In 1970, the embankments were raised by {{convert|2|m|ft|abbr=on}}–{{convert|3|m|ft|abbr=on}}, protecting 52,000 hectares within the city limits and restoring nearly 800 ha of agricultural land that had previously been flooded.<ref name="Geografie"/>

===Flora and fauna===
The flora associated with the town of Satu Mare is characteristic for the meadow area with trees of soft essence like [[wicker]], indigenous [[Populus|poplar]], [[maple]] and [[Corylus avellana|hazelnut]]. Grassland vegetation is represented by ''[[Agrostis stolonifera]]'', ''[[Poa trivialis]]'', ''[[Alopecurus pratensis]]'' and other types of vegetation.<ref name="Geografie"/>

The city's largest park, the [[Garden of Rome]], features some rare trees that are uncommon to the area, including the [[Styphnolobium japonicum|pagoda tree]], native to East Asia (especially China); ''[[Pterocarya]]'', also native to Asia; and ''[[Paulownia tomentosa]]'', native to central and western China.<ref name="Geografie"/>

Fauna is represented by species of rodents ([[hamster]] and [[european ground squirrel]]), reptiles, including ''[[Vipera berus]]'' in the Noroieni forest, and as avifauna species of [[duck]]s, [[Goose|geese]], [[egret]]s, during passages and systematic occasional wanderings.<ref name="Geografie"/>

===Climate===
Satu Mare has a [[continental climate]], characterised by hot dry summers and cold winters. As the city is in the far north of the country, winter is much colder than the national average, with minimum temperatures reaching {{convert|-17|C|F|0}}, lower than values recorded in other cities in western Romania like [[Oradea]] ({{convert|-15|C|F|0}}) or [[Timișoara]] ({{convert|-17|C|F|0}}). The average annual temperature is {{convert|9.6|C|F|0}}, or broken down by seasons: [[Spring (season)|Spring]] {{convert|10.2|C|F|0}}, [[summer]] {{convert|19.6|C|F|0}}, [[autumn]] {{convert|10.8|C|F|0}} and [[winter]] {{convert|1.7|C|F|0}}.<ref name="Geografie"/> Atmospheric humidity is quite high. Prevailing wind currents blow in from the northwest, bringing spring and summer rainfall. Climate in this area has mild differences between highs and lows, and there is adequate rainfall year-round.  The [[Köppen Climate Classification]] subtype for this climate is "[[Köppen climate classification#Group C: Temperate/mesothermal climates|Cfb]]" (Marine West Coast Climate/[[Oceanic climate]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=1051&cityname=Satu+Mare%2C+Romania&units= |publisher= Weatherbase |title= Climate Summary for Satu Mare |access-date=2013-06-25}}</ref>
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==Name==
The Hungarian name of the town ''Szatmár'' is believed to come from the personal name ''Zotmar'', as the 13th-century ''[[Gesta Hungarorum]]'' gives the name of the 10th-century fortified settlement at the site of today's Satu Mare as {{lang|la|castrum Zotmar}} ("Zotmar's fort").<ref name="Niedermaier">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OglbJfMLGIkC&pg=PA320 |title= Städte, Dörfer, Bauwerke. Studien zur Siedlungs- und Baugeschichte Siebenbürgens |author= Paul Niedermaier |year= 2008 |language= de |page=320 |publisher= Böhlau Verlag, Köln/Weimar |isbn=978-3-412-20047-3}}</ref> The name ''Satu Mare'', which means "great village" in Romanian, was used for the first time by the priest Moise Sora Novac in the 19th century.<ref>{{in lang|ro}} Leontina Volosciuc, [http://www.adevarul.ro/locale/satu_mare/Satu_Mare-_Oras_cu_nume_de_sat_si_sat_cu_nume_de_oras_0_340766393.html "Satu Mare: Oraș cu nume de sat și sat cu nume de oraș" ("Satu Mare: A City with the Name of a Village and a Village with the Name of a City")], ''Adevărul'', 23 September 2010; accessed 17 February 2011</ref> An older Romanian name, ''Sătmar'', was formally replaced by the current one in 1925.<ref>Attila Szabó (ed.), ''Erdély, Bánság És Partium Történeti És Közigazgatási Helységnévtára''. Miercurea Ciuc, 2003, Pro-Print Könyvkiadó, {{ISBN|973-8468-01-9}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Kossuth kert.jpg|thumb|Kossuth Park, 1903]]
[[File:Turnul Pompierilor, Satu Mare.jpg|thumb|[[Firemen's Tower (Satu Mare)|Firemen's Tower]], built 1904]]
Archaeological evidence from [[Oaș Country|Țara Oașului]], [[Ardud]], [[Medieșu Aurit]], [[Homoroade]], etc. clearly shows settlements in the area dating to the [[Stone Age]] and the [[Bronze Age]]. There is also evidence that the local [[Dacians|Dacian]] population remained there after the Roman conquest in 101/106 AD. Later, these lands may have formed part of [[Menumorut]]'s holdings; one of the important defensive fortresses – {{lang|la|castrum Zotmar|italic=no}}, dating to the 10th century – was at Satu Mare, as mentioned in the ''[[Gesta Hungarorum]]''. After [[Stephen I of Hungary]] created the [[Kingdom of Hungary]] in the year 1000, German colonists were settled at the periphery of the city (''Villa Zotmar''), brought in by Stephen's wife, the Bavarian princess [[Gisela of Hungary]]. Later, they were joined by more German colonists from beyond the [[Someș River]], in Mintiu.<ref name="History">{{cite web |url=http://www.satu-mare.ro/pagina/istorie?id_limba=4 |publisher= Satu Mare City Hall |title= History of Satu Mare City |access-date=2013-06-29}}</ref>

A [[royal free city]] since the 13th century, Satu Mare changed hands several times in the 15th century until the [[Báthory]] family took possession of the citadel in 1526,<ref name="Niedermaier2">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OglbJfMLGIkC&pg=PA139|title=Städte, Dörfer, Bauwerke. Studien zur Siedlungs- und Baugeschichte Siebenbürgens|author=Paul Niedermaier |year=2008 |language=de|page=139|publisher=Böhlau Verlag Köln Weimar |isbn=9783412200473}}</ref> proceeding to divert the Someș's waters in order to defend the southern part of the citadel; thus, the fortress remained on an island linked to the main roads by three bridges over the Someș. In 1562 the citadel was besieged by [[Ottoman army in the 15th–19th centuries|Ottoman armies]] led by [[Pargalı İbrahim Pasha]] of [[Buda]] and Maleoci Pasha of [[Timișoara]]. Then the [[Habsburg monarchy|Habsburgs]] besieged it, leading the fleeing [[Transylvania]]n armies to set it on fire. The Austrian general Lazar Schwendi ordered the citadel to be rebuilt after the plans of Italian architect Ottavio Baldigara; using an Italian system of fortifications, the new structure would be pentagonal with five towers.<ref name="History"/> After a period when it changed hands, the town came under Ottoman control in 1661. Called ''Sokmar'' by the new authorities, it was a [[kaza]] center within the [[Sâniob|Şenköy]] [[sanjak]] of [[Varat Eyalet]]. This status held until 1691, when the army of the [[Habsburg monarchy|Habsburgs]] expelled the Ottomans during the [[Great Turkish War]].<ref>{{in lang|tr}} Sadik Müfit Bilge, [http://dergiler.ankara.edu.tr/dergiler/19/1267/14566.pdf "Macaristan'da Osmanlı Hakimeyitinin ve İdari Teşkilatının Kuruluşu ve Gelişmesi"], in ''OTAM (Ankara Üniversitesi Osmanlı Tarihi Araştırma ve Uygulama Merkezi Dergisi)'', vol. XI, p. 77, 2000</ref> In the Middle Ages, Satu Mare and Mintiu were two distinct entities.<ref name="History"/> The two settlements, then called "Szatmár" and "Németi", were united in 1715, and the resulting city was named "Szatmár-Németi".<ref>Ernst Hauler, ''Istoria nemților din regiunea Sătmarului'', p.10. Editura Lamura, Satu Mare, 1998, {{ISBN|978-9739715-66-9}}</ref><ref>Judit Pál, "Administraţia şi elita oraşului Satu Mare în prima jumătate al secolului al XVIII-lea", in Laurenţiu Rădvan (ed.), ''Oraşul din spaţiul românesc între Orient şi Occident. Tranziţia de la medievalitate la modernitate.'', p.120. Editura Universităţii "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" din Iaşi, Iaşi, 2007, {{ISBN|978-973-703-268-3}}</ref> On 2 January 1721, Emperor [[Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles VI]] recognised the union, at the same time granting Satu Mare the status of [[royal free city]].<ref name="History"/> A decade earlier, the [[Treaty of Szatmár]] was signed in the city, ending [[Rákóczi's War for Independence]].<ref>Wandycz, Piotr Stefan. ''The Price of Freedom: A History of East Central Europe from the Middle Ages to the Present'', p.85. Routledge, 2001, {{ISBN|0-415-25491-4}}</ref>

The city's importance was linked to the transportation and commerce of salt from nearby [[Dej|Ocna Dejului]] ({{langx|hu|Désakna}}, {{langx|de|Salzdorf}}), possibly already at a very early date.<ref name="Niedermaier"/> Due to the economic and commercial benefits it began to receive in the 13th century, Satu Mare became an important centre for craft guilds. In the 18th century, intense urbanisation began; several buildings survive from that period, including the old city hall, the inn, a barracks, the [[Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic|Greek Catholic]] church and the [[Reformed Church in Romania|Reformed]] church. A [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Satu Mare|Roman Catholic diocese]] was established there in 1804. In 1823, the city's systematization commission was established in order to direct its local government. In 1844, paving operations begun in 1805 were stepped up. The first industrial concerns also opened, including the steam mill, the brick factory, the Neuschloss Factory for wood products, the lumber factory, the Princz Factory and the Unio Factory. Due to its location at the intersection of commercial roads, Szatmárnémeti became an important rail hub. The line to Nagykároly ([[Carei]]) was built in 1871, followed in 1872 by a line to Máramarossziget ([[Sighetu Marmației]]) line, an 1894 link to Nagybánya ([[Baia Mare]]), 1900 to Erdőd ([[Ardud]]) and 1906 to Bikszád ([[Bixad, Satu Mare|Bixad]]).<ref name="History"/>

Since the second half of the 19th century, it underwent important economic and socio-cultural changes. The city's large companies (the Unio wagon factory, the Princz Factory, the Ardeleana textile enterprise, the Freund petroleum refinery, the brick factory and the furniture factory) prospered in this period, and the city invested heavily in communication lines, schools, hospitals, public works and public parks. The banking and commerce system also developed: in 1929 the [[chamber of commerce and industry]], as well as the commodities stock market were established, with 25 commercial enterprises and 75 industrial and production firms as members. In 1930 there were 33 banks.<ref name="History"/>

After the collapse of [[Austria-Hungary]], Romanian troops captured the town during their offensive launched on 15 April 1919.<ref>{{cite web |title=History of Transylvania |url= http://mek.niif.hu/03400/03407/html/440.html |publisher=Atlantic Research and Publications, Inc. |editor=Béla Köpeczi |access-date=2010-08-18}}{{ISBN|0-88033-497-5}}
</ref> By the [[Treaty of Trianon]], Satu Mare officially ceased to be part of Hungary becoming part of [[Kingdom of Romania|Romania]]. In 1940, the [[Second Vienna Award]] gave back [[Northern Transylvania]], including Satu Mare, to Hungary. In October 1944, the city was captured by the [[Soviet Red Army]]. After 1945, the city became again part of Romania. Soon afterwards, a [[Communist Romania|Communist regime]] came to power, lasting until the [[Romanian Revolution of 1989|1989 revolution]].<ref name="History"/>

===Jewish community===
{{further|History of the Jews in Romania}}

[[File:Ansamblul sinagogii.JPG|thumb|[[Satu Mare Synagogue|Decebal Street and Talmud Torah Synagogue]]]]
The presence of Jews in [[Transylvania]] is first mentioned in the late 16th century. In the 17th century, prince [[Gabriel Bethlen]] permitted [[Sephardi Jews]] from Turkey to settle in the Transylvanian capital Gyulafehérvár ([[Alba Iulia]]), in 1623.<ref name="Patai">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LLuPS1yVDf8C&pg=PA154|title=The Jews of Hungary|author=Patai, Raphael |publisher=Wayne State University Press|year= 1996|isbn= 0-8143-2561-0|pages=154–161}}</ref> In the early 18th century, Jews were allowed to settle in Sathmar. Some of them became involved in large-scale agriculture, becoming landlords or lessees, or were active in trade and industry,<ref name="EJSatuMare">{{cite EJ|url=http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CCX2587517577&v=2.1&it=r&p=GVRL&sw=w|author=Marton, Yehouda, Schveiger, Paul |title=Satu-Mare|volume=18|pages=75–76}}</ref> or distilled brandy and leased taverns on crown estates. In 1715, when Sathmar became a royal town, they were expelled, beginning to resettle in the 1820s.<ref name="YIVO"/> In 1841, several Jews obtained the permission to settle permanently in Sathmar; the first Jewish community was formally established in 1849, and in 1857, a [[synagogue]] was built. After a great number of traditional [[Ashkenazic Jews]] had settled in the town, the Jewish community split in 1898, when a supporter of the [[Hasidic movement]] was elected chief rabbi, into an [[Schism in Hungarian Jewry|Orthodox and a Status Quo community]], led by a [[Zionist]] rabbi, which erected a synagogue in 1904.<ref name="EJSatuMare"/>

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|colspan="14" style="text-align:center; background:#f4f4f4;" height=24px |'''Jewish population of Satu Mare'''
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! Year !! Jewish population <br />(% of total population)<ref name="EJSatuMare"/><ref name="YIVO"/>
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|1734||11     
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|1746||19     
|-
|1850||78     
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|1870||1,357  (7.4%)
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|1890||3,427  (16.5%)
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|1910||7,194  (20.6%)
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|1930||11,533 (21%)
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|1941||12,960 (24.9%)
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|1944||~20,000
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|1947||5,000 to 7,500
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|1970||500
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|2011||34
|- 
|}

In the 1920s, there were several Zionist organizations in Satu Mare, and the yeshiva, one of the largest in the region, was attended by 400 students.<ref name="YIVO"/> In 1930, the city had five large synagogues and about 20 [[shtiebel]]s. In 1928, a conflict within the Orthodox community broke out over the election of a new chief rabbi, lasting six years and ending in 1934 with the appointment of the Hasidic rabbi [[Joel Teitelbaum]], a traditionalist and [[religious anti-Zionism|anti-Zionist]],<ref name="EJSatuMare"/> who later re-founded the [[Satmar (Hasidic dynasty)|Satmar]] [[Hasidic Judaism|Hasidic dynasty]] in [[Williamsburg, Brooklyn|Williamsburg]], [[New York (state)|New York]].<ref name=NYT>{{cite web|last=Nathan|first=Joan|title=From Hungary, For Hanukkah, From Long Ago|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C03E4DE1531F930A25751C1A9609C8B63&scp=1&sq=Satmar+Szatmarnemeti&st=nyt|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=2006-12-13|access-date=2008-06-25}}</ref><ref>Chris McKenna, [http://www.recordonline.com/archive/2006/04/25/news-camobit-04-25.html "Satmar Grand Rebbe Moses Teitelbaum dies"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201115554/http://www.recordonline.com/archive/2006/04/25/news-camobit-04-25.html |date=2008-12-01 }}, ''Record Online'', 25 April 2006</ref> Another Hasidic rabbi, [[Aharon Roth]], the founder of the [[Shomer Emunim (Hasidic dynasty)|Shomrei Emunim]] and [[Toldot Aharon]] communities in [[Jerusalem]], was also active in Satu Mare.<ref name="YIVO"/>

After Satu Mare became part of Hungary again in 1940, the civil rights and economic activities of the Jews were restricted, and in summer 1941, "foreign" Jews were deported to [[Kamenets-Podolski]], where they were murdered by Hungarian and German troops.<ref name="EJSatuMare"/> In 1944, the Jewish population was forced into the [[Satu Mare ghetto]]; the majority of men were sent to  [[forced labor battalion (Hungary)|forced labor battalion]]s, and the others were deported to the [[extermination camps]] in Poland, where the majority of them were murdered by the [[Nazis]].<ref name="YIVO">{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.yivoencyclopedia.org/article.aspx/Satu_Mare|title=Satu Mare|author=Tamás Csíki |encyclopedia=The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe}}</ref> Six trains left Satu Mare for [[Auschwitz concentration camp|Auschwitz-Birkenau]], starting on 19 May 1944, each carrying approximately 3300 persons. The trains passed through Kassa ([[Košice]]) on 19, 22, 26, 29, 30 May and 1 June.<ref>[http://www.degob.hu/english/tables/kassa.html "Death trains in 1944: the Kassa list"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330235913/http://www.degob.hu/english/tables/kassa.html |date=2012-03-30 }}, National Committee for Attending Deportees</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.survivors-romania.org/pdf_doc/final_report.pdf|title=International Commission on the Holocaust in Romania, Final Report|editor1=Tuvia Friling|editor2=Radu Ioanid|editor3=Mihail E. Ionescu|publisher=International Commission on the Holocaust in Romania; president of the commission: Elie Wiesel|year=2004|isbn=973-681-989-2|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301063350/http://www.survivors-romania.org/pdf_doc/final_report.pdf|archive-date=2012-03-01}}</ref> In total, 18,863 Jews were deported from Satu Mare, [[Carei]] and the surrounding localities. Of these, 14,440 were killed.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.jewishcomunity.ro/en/index.php?page=content&p=3|title=Let's not forget|publisher= www.jewishcomunity.ro|access-date=2009-06-14}}</ref> Only a small number of the survivors returned to Satu Mare after the war, but a number of Jews belonging to linguistically and culturally different groups from all parts of Romania settled in the city. The majority of them later [[emigrated to Israel]]. By 1970, the town's Jewish population numbered 500,<ref name="YIVO"/> and in 2011, only 34 Jews remained.<ref name="INSSE-SMare-2011">{{cite web|url=http://www.satumare.insse.ro/phpfiles/rezultateprovizorii.pdf|title=Comunicat de presă privind rezultatele provizorii ale Recensământului Populaţiei şi Locuinţelor – 2011|publisher=Satu Mare County Regional Statistics Directorate|date=2012-02-02|access-date=2012-03-06|archive-date=2013-10-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029194405/http://www.satumare.insse.ro/phpfiles/rezultateprovizorii.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2004, a Holocaust memorial was dedicated in the [[Satu Mare Synagogue|Decebal Street Synagogue]]'s courtyard. Aside from the synagogues, two Jewish cemeteries also remain.<ref name="History jew">{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishcomunity.ro/en/index.php?page=content&p=1|title=History |publisher=www.jewishcomunity.ro|access-date=2009-06-14}}</ref>

Among the notable members of the local Jewish community have been historian [[Ignác Acsády]], parliamentary deputies [[Ferenc Chorin]] and [[Kelemen Samu]], politician [[Oszkár Jászi]], writers [[Gyula Csehi]], [[Rodion Markovits]], [[Sándor Dénes]], and [[Ernő Szép]], painter [[Pál Erdös (painter)|Pál Erdös]], [[Jacob Reinitz]] and director [[György Harag]].<ref name="History jew"/>

== Demographics ==

According to the [[2021 Romanian census|2021 census]], Satu Mare had a population of 91,520, making it the 20th largest city in Romania.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.recensamantromania.ro/rezultate-rpl-2021/rezultate-definitive-caracteristici-etno-culturale-demografice/|title=Rezultate definitive: Caracteristici etno-culturale demografice|website=Recensamantromania.ro|access-date=28 July 2023}}</ref>

{{Col-begin|width=auto}}
{{Col-break}}
{| class="wikitable" border="0"
|-
|+ Historical population of Satu Mare
|-
! Year
! Population
! Romanians
! Hungarians
|-
|1880
|{{increase}} 20,531
|7.9%
|83.1%
|-
|1890
|{{increase}} 21,874
|8.1%
|89.9%
|-
|1900
|{{increase}} 28,339
|7.8%
|89.01%
|-
|1910
|{{increase}} 36,460
|6.3%
|91.4%
|-
|1920
|{{increase}} 38,807
|15.2%
|63.6%
|-
|1930
|{{increase}} 53,010
|28.9%
|57.1%
|-
|1941
|{{increase}} 53,406
|6.6%
|90.2%
|-
|1956
|{{increase}} 53,672
|36.5%
|58.2%
|-
|1966
|{{increase}} 69,769
|44.2%
|54.9%
|-
|1977
|{{increase}} 103,544
|51.04%
|47.2%
|-
|1992
|{{increase}} 131,987
|55.8%
|43.2%
|-
|2002
|{{decrease}} 115,142
|57.9%
|39.3%
|-
|2011<ref name="INSSE-SMare-2011"/>
|{{decrease}} 102,441
|58.9%
|37.6%
|-
|2021
|{{decrease}} 91,520
|61.9%
|36.3%
|-
|colspan="14" style="text-align:center; background:#f4f4f4;" height=24px |
Source (where not otherwise specified):<br />Árpád E. Varga<ref>{{cite web|url=http://varga.adatbank.transindex.ro/?pg=3&action=etnik&id=2125|title=Etnikai statisztikák|publisher=Árpád E. Varga|language=hu|access-date=2009-06-13}}</ref>
|}

{{Col-break}}
{{Pie chart
|thumb=right
|caption=Ethnic composition of Satu Mare (2021)
|label1=[[Romanians]]|value1=61.87|color1=#8080ff
|label2=[[Hungarians in Romania|Hungarians]]|value2=36.29|color2=#80ff80
|label3=[[Germans of Romania|Germans]] <small>([[Sathmar Swabians]])</small>|value3=1.06|color3=#ff80ff
|label4=Others|value4=0.78|color4=#9f9f9f
}}

{{Col-break}}
{{Pie chart
|thumb=right
|caption=Religious composition of Satu Mare (2021)
|label1=[[Romanian Orthodox Church|Romanian Orthodox]]|value1=50.14|color1=#8080ff
|label2=[[Catholic Church in Romania|Roman Catholics]]|value2=19.12|color2=#ffff80
|label3=[[Reformed Church in Romania|Reformed]]|value3=19.07|color3=#80ff80
|label4=[[Romanian Greek Catholic Church|Greek Catholics]]|value4=6.60|color4=#ff80ff
|label5=[[Pentecostal Union of Romania|Pentecostals]]|value5=1.60|color5=#3fc03f
|label6=Others|value6=2.48|color6=#9f9f9f
|label7=[[Irreligion|Irreligious]],[[Atheism|atheist]] and [[Agnosticism|agnostic]]|value7=1.00|color7=#555555
}}

{{Col-end}}

==Politics==
[[File:Administrative Palace (City Hall).jpg|thumb|[[Administrative Palace, Satu Mare|Administrative Palace]] (City Hall) in Satu Mare, completed in 1984]]

===Administration===
The city government is headed by a [[mayor]]. [[2016 Romanian local elections|Since 2016]], the office is held by Gábor Kereskényi.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.romanialibera.ro/politica/alegeri-locale-2016/alegeri-locale-2016--kereskenyi-gabor--udmr--a-castigat-primaria-satu-mare--numaratoare-paralela--418772|title=Kereskényi Gábor (UDMR) a câștigat Primăria Satu Mare |date=2016-06-06|publisher=România Liberă|language=ro|access-date=2016-06-15}}</ref> Decisions are approved and discussed by the [[Local government|local council]] made up of 23 elected councillors.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.satu-mare.ro/pagina/membrii-consiliului-local|title=Membri consiliul local|publisher=www.satu-mare.ro|language=ro|access-date=2009-06-13}}</ref> The city is divided into [[List of Satu Mare districts|12 districts]] laid out radially.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.transurbansatumare.ro/url/Harta-liniilor-|title=Districts of Satu Mare|date=2009-06-13|publisher=Transurban|language=ro|access-date=2009-06-13|archive-date=2012-02-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213232440/http://www.transurbansatumare.ro/url/Harta-liniilor-|url-status=dead}}{{better source needed|date=January 2022}}</ref> One of these, Sătmărel (''Szatmárzsadány''), is a separate village administered by the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cjsm.ro/meniu-satumare-M-urbanism-020200.html/ |title=Urbanism, Satu Mare |publisher=Satu Mare County Council |language=ro |access-date=2010-11-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100925233150/http://www.cjsm.ro/meniu-satumare-M-urbanism-020200.html |archive-date=25 September 2010}}</ref>

{{div col|colwidth=10em}}
* [[14 Mai, Satu Mare|14 Mai]]
* [[Carpați I]]
* [[Carpați II]]
* [[Centru Nou, Satu Mare|Centrul Nou]]
* [[Cloșca, Satu Mare|Cloșca]]
* [[Crișan, Satu Mare|Crișan]]
* [[Gelu, Satu Mare|Gelu]]
* [[Horea, Satu Mare|Horea]]
* [[Menumorut, Satu Mare|Menumorut]]
* [[Sătmărel]]
* [[Soarelui, Satu Mare|Soarelui]]
* [[Solidarității]]
{{div col end}}
Additionally, as Satu Mare is the capital of [[Satu Mare County]], the city hosts the palace of the prefecture, the headquarters of the [[county council]] and the [[Prefect (Romania)|prefect]], who is appointed by Romania's central government. Like all other local councils in Romania, the Satu Mare local council, the county council and the city's mayor are elected every four years by the population.<ref name="law-admin">{{cite web
|url =http://www.cdep.ro/pls/legis/legis_pck.htp_act_text?idt=27123 |title = Law no. 215 / 21 April 2001: Legea administraţiei publice locale |access-date = 2008-03-12 |publisher = Parliament of Romania |language = ro}}</ref> The city is at the center of the [[Satu Mare metropolitan area]], [[Metropolitan areas in Romania|a metropolitan area]] established in 2013, with a population of 243,600, and which includes 26 cities, towns and communes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.satmareanul.net/2013/04/24/vineri-se-constituie-legal-zona-metropolitana-satu-mare/|title=Vineri se constituie legal zona metropolitană Satu Mare|date=2013-04-24|publisher=Sătmăreanul|language=ro|access-date=2013-05-20}}</ref>

The Satu Mare City Council, elected at the [[2020 Romanian local elections|2020 local elections]], is composed of the following parties:<ref>{{Cite web|language=ro|url=https://prezenta.roaep.ro/locale27092020/data/json/sicpv/pv/pv_vs_final.json|format=Json|title=Rezultatele finale ale alegerilor locale din 2020|publisher=Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă|access-date=2020-11-02}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
! style="background:#ccc" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
! style="background:#ccc" |Party
! style="background:#ccc" |Seats in 2020
! style="background:#ccc" colspan="12" |Current Council
|-
| {{party color cell|Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania}}&nbsp;
|[[Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania]] (UDMR/RMDSZ)
|style="text-align: right" |'''12'''
| {{party color cell|Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania}}&nbsp;
| {{party color cell|Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania}}&nbsp;
| {{party color cell|Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania}}&nbsp;
| {{party color cell|Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania}}&nbsp;
| {{party color cell|Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania}}&nbsp;
| {{party color cell|Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania}}&nbsp;
| {{party color cell|Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania}}&nbsp;
| {{party color cell|Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania}}&nbsp;
| {{party color cell|Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania}}&nbsp;
| {{party color cell|Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania}}&nbsp;
| {{party color cell|Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania}}&nbsp;
| {{party color cell|Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania}}&nbsp;
|-
| {{party color cell|USR PLUS}}&nbsp;
|[[Save Romania Union]] (USR)
|style="text-align: right" |'''4'''
| {{party color cell|USR PLUS}}&nbsp;
| {{party color cell|USR PLUS}}&nbsp;
| {{party color cell|USR PLUS}}&nbsp;
| {{party color cell|USR PLUS}}&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|-
| {{party color cell|National Liberal Party (Romania)}}&nbsp;
|[[National Liberal Party (Romania)|National Liberal Party]] (PNL)
|style="text-align: right" |'''4'''
| {{party color cell|National Liberal Party (Romania)}}&nbsp;
| {{party color cell|National Liberal Party (Romania)}}&nbsp;
| {{party color cell|National Liberal Party (Romania)}}&nbsp;
| {{party color cell|National Liberal Party (Romania)}}&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|-
| {{party color cell|Social Democratic Party (Romania)}}&nbsp;
|[[Social Democratic Party (Romania)|Social Democratic Party]] (PSD)
|style="text-align: right" |'''3'''
| {{party color cell|Social Democratic Party (Romania)}}&nbsp;
| {{party color cell|Social Democratic Party (Romania)}}&nbsp;
| {{party color cell|Social Democratic Party (Romania)}}&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|}

The city day is 14 May, which commemorates the [[1970 floods in Romania|devastating floods]] that affected the city in 1970, although it is also a day of rebirth.

=== Justice system ===
Satu Mare has a complex judicial organisation, as a consequence of its status of [[Satu Mare County|county]] capital. The Satu Mare Court of Justice is the local judicial institution and is under the purview of the Satu Mare County Tribunal, which also exerts its jurisdiction over the courts of [[Carei]], [[Ardud]], [[Negrești-Oaș]], [[Tășnad]] and [[Livada, Satu Mare|Livada]].<ref name="lege-jude">{{cite web
|url =http://www.cdep.ro/pls/legis/legis_pck.htp_act_text?idt=13169 |title =Law no. 92 / 4 August 1992 for the judicial organisation |access-date = 2008-03-12 |publisher = Parliament of Romania |language = ro}}</ref> Appeals from these tribunals' verdicts, and more serious cases, are directed to the Oradea Court of Appeals.<ref name="capel">{{cite web
|url =http://www.justitia-romana.org/curtea-de-apel/Curtea-de-Apel-ORADEA |title =Curtea de Apel Oradea |access-date = 2017-02-25 |publisher = Centrul Național de Informare Publică |language = ro}}</ref> Satu Mare also hosts the county's commercial and military tribunals.<ref name="lege-jude"/>

Satu Mare has its own municipal police force, ''Poliția Municipiului Satu Mare'', which is responsible for policing of crime within the whole city, and operates a number of special divisions. The Satu Mare Police are headquartered on Mihai Viteazul Street in the city centre (with a number of precincts throughout the city) and is subordinated to the county's [[Romanian Police|police]] inspectorate on Alexandru Iioan Cuza Street.<ref>{{cite web
|url =http://www.politiaromana.ro/legea_politiei.htm |title =Law no. 218 / 23 April 2002: Law on the organisation and work of the Romanian Police|access-date = 2008-03-12 |publisher = Parliament of Romania |language = ro}}</ref> City Hall has its own community police force, ''Poliția Comunitară'' located on Universului Alley, dealing with local community issues. Satu Mare also houses the county's [[Jandarmeria Română|gendarmerie]] inspectorate.

==Transport==

===Road===
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Satu Mare has a complex system of transportation, providing road, air and rail connections to major cities in Romania and Europe. The city is an important road and rail hub located near the borders with Hungary and Ukraine. The city is connected to other major Romanian cities by road ([[File:Tabliczka E81.svg|30px|E81]] [[European route E81]], [[File:Tabliczka E671.svg|30px|671]] [[European route E671]] and [[File:Tabliczka E58.svg|30px|E58]] [[European route E58]]) and by rail ([[Căile Ferate Române Line 400|CFR Main Line 400]]). The total number of automobiles registered in Satu Mare was 82,000 in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://neomania.ro/satu-mare-mai-multa-poluare-auto-in-municipiu/|title=Satu Mare: Mai multa poluare auto in municipiu|date=2009-05-04|publisher=neomania.ro|language=ro|access-date=2009-06-03}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> The city has around 400 streets with a total length of {{convert|178|km|mi|abbr=on}} and cover an area of {{convert|1.3|km2|mi2|abbr=on}}.

===Railway===
[[File:Szatmarnemeti.jpg|thumb|Bilingual town name at Satu Mare Railway station]]

[[Satu Mare railway station|Satu Mare Rail Station]], located about {{convert|2|km|mi}} north of the city centre, is situated on the [[Căile Ferate Române Line 400]] ([[Brașov]] – [[Siculeni]] – [[Deda, Mureș|Deda]] – [[Dej]] – [[Baia Mare]]),<ref name="Linii CFR">{{cite web|url=http://www.cfr.ro/CFR_new/Rom/Statutul%20retelei%20v2.0.pdf|title=Linii principale CFR|date=2009-06-03|publisher=CFR.ro|language=ro|access-date=2009-06-03|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927223656/http://www.cfr.ro/CFR_new/Rom/Statutul%20retelei%20v2.0.pdf|archive-date=2007-09-27}}</ref> on Line 402 ([[Oradea]] – [[Săcueni]] – [[Carei]] – Satu Mare – [[Halmeu]])<ref name="Linii CFR"/> and on Line 417 (Satu Mare – [[Bixad, Satu Mare|Bixad]]).<ref name="Linii CFR"/> CFR provides direct rail connections to all the major Romanian cities and to [[Budapest]].<ref name="Linii CFR"/> The city is also served by another secondary rail station, the ''Saw Station'' (''Gara Ferăstrău'').<ref name="Linii CFR"/>

===Public transport===
The main public transportation system in Satu Mare consists of bus lines.  There are twenty-three urban and suburban lines with a total length of {{convert|190.1|km|mi|abbr=on}}, the main operator being [[Transurban S.A.]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.transurbansatumare.ro/trans/default.asp?Chapter=C2 |title=Linii urbane si sururbane |date=2009-06-03 |publisher=Transurban |language=ro |access-date=2009-06-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090522183356/http://www.transurbansatumare.ro/trans/default.asp?Chapter=C2 |archive-date=2009-05-22 }}</ref> In addition, there are various taxi companies serving the city. It is worth mentioning that Satu Mare had a trolleybus system in the past, created on 15 November 1994 but has been [http://www.ziare.com/satu-mare/vreme/toate-liniile-de-troleibuz-din-satu-mare-au-fost-suspendate-660067 closed in 2005].

===Airport===
The city is served by the [[Satu Mare International Airport]] {{Airport codes|SUJ|LRSM}}, located {{convert|13|km|mi|abbr=on}} south of the city, with a concrete runway, one of the longest in Romania, with [[TAROM]] and [[Wizz Air]] operating regular flights to [[Bucharest]], [[London]] and [[Antalya]] (seasonal only).<ref>[http://www.aeroportulsm.ro/zboruri.html Information about flights from/at LRSM] {{in lang|ro}}</ref><ref>[http://www.adevarul.ro/articole/clujul-leaga-ardealul-de-restul-lumii.html Satu Mare] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205124421/http://www.adevarul.ro/articole/clujul-leaga-ardealul-de-restul-lumii.html |date=2008-12-05 }} {{in lang|ro}}</ref>

==Sports==
[[Association football|Football]] (soccer) is the most popular recreational sport in Satu Mare. There are two major football clubs in Satu Mare: [[FC Olimpia Satu Mare|Olimpia]] and [[Someșul Satu Mare|Someșul Oar]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.informatia-zilei.ro/new/2009/06/25/turul-micula-va-juca-in-liga-a-iii-a-pe-stadionul-olimpia/ |title=Turul Micula va juca în Liga a III-a pe Stadionul Olimpia |date=2009-06-25 |publisher=www.informatia-zilei.ro |language=ro |access-date=2009-06-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090628060219/http://www.informatia-zilei.ro/new/2009/06/25/turul-micula-va-juca-in-liga-a-iii-a-pe-stadionul-olimpia/ |archive-date=2009-06-28 }}</ref> There are two football stadiums in Satu Mare: [[Stadionul Olimpia]] with 18,000 seats<ref name="LPS Arena">{{cite book |author1=Andrei Aricescu |author2=Ecaterina Albici |author3=Doru Radosav |author4=Ovidiu Șerbănescu |author5=Constantin Pohrib |title = Ghid de oraș. Satu Mare |location = Satu Mare |publisher = Editura Sport-Turism|year = 1984|language=ro}}</ref> and Someșul Stadium with 3,000 seats.

Other popular recreational activities include [[fencing]], [[Team handball|handball]], [[bowling]], [[women's basketball]], [[karate]] and [[chess]].

The local women's basketball team [[CSM Satu Mare (basketball)|CSM Satu Mare]] is one of the best in the Romanian league; it finished third in the 2008/2009 season playoffs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.numaibaschet.ro/echipe/333-CSM-Satu-Mare|title=CSM Satu Mare|date=2009-05-21|publisher=www.numaibaschet.ro|language=ro|access-date=2009-05-21|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090617070502/http://www.numaibaschet.ro/echipe/333-CSM-Satu-Mare|archive-date=2009-06-17}}</ref> The team plays its home matches in the largest [[Arena|indoor arena]] in the city, the [[LPS Arena]], which has a capacity of 400 seats.<ref name="LPS Arena"/>

The [[Cyprus|Cypriot]] professional [[tennis]] player [[Marcos Baghdatis]] was brought to Satu Mare in 1998 for a month and a half by his former coach Jean Dobrescu<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stiri.acasa.ro/articole/sport/vedeta-australian-open-s-a-antrenat-in-ardeal|title=Vedeta Australian Open s-a antrenat in Ardeal|date=2006-01-25|publisher=stiri.acasa.ro|language=ro|access-date=2009-06-14}}</ref> to train and to participate in local tennis competitions alongside his fellow [[Cyprus Davis Cup team|Davis Cup team member]], [[Rareș Cuzdriorean]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gazetanord-vest.ro/arhiva/2008/mai/05mai/index_files/sport.htm|title=Campion in tara lui Marcos Baghdatis|publisher=www.gazetanord-vest.ro|language=ro|access-date=2009-06-14|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20090614104347/http://www.gazetanord-vest.ro/arhiva/2008/mai/05mai/index_files/sport.htm|archive-date=2009-06-14}}</ref> who is also a Satu Mare native with Cypriot citizenship.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.satumareonline.ro/cp/24/2478/Un-s%C4%83tm%C4%83rean--%C3%AEn-echipa-de--Cupa-Davis-a-Ciprului|title=Un sătmărean în echipa de Cupa Davis a Ciprului|date=2009-06-11|publisher=www.satumareonline.ro|language=ro|access-date=2009-06-14}}</ref>

===Fencing===
Satu Mare has a tradition in [[fencing]] dating to 1885, and is the city that has supplied the most world and Olympic champions in Europe. Names like [[Ecaterina Stahl]], Marcela Moldovan, [[Suzana Ardeleanu|Suzana]] and [[Ștefan Ardeleanu]], [[Petru Kuki]], Rudolf Luczki, Samuilă Melczhner, Geza Tere and in particular [[Alexandru Csipler]] figure prominently in the annals of Romanian fencing. The last four also formed the core of the city's fencing school, winning major local and international tournaments. Top results for which there is evidence date to 1935, when the local [[Foil (fencing)|foil]] team, Olimpia Satu Mare, lost against CFR Timișoara by a score of 15–10 in the national final, while Rudolf Luczki won the [[Sabre (fencing)|sabre]] finals held in [[Cluj-Napoca]]. In 1973, the first signaling device in Romania was used in Satu Mare; this has been characterised as "a veritable revolution" for Romanian fencing.<ref name="Scrima">{{cite web|url=http://www.satu-mare.ro/sport/istoriasportului.html |title=Scurt istoric al scrimei sătmărene |date=2009-05-21 |publisher=www.satu-mare.ro |language=ro |access-date=2009-05-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208235659/http://www.satu-mare.ro/sport/istoriasportului.html |archive-date=8 February 2009}}</ref>

==Economy==
[[File:Trilingv.jpg|thumb|Head office of the Directorate for Agriculture and Food Industry]]

Satu Mare benefits from its proximity to the borders with Hungary and Ukraine, which makes it a prime location for logistical and industrial parks.

Companies that have established production facilities in Satu Mare are [[Voestalpine]], [[Dräxlmaier Group]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.draexlmaier.de/lang_en/Standorte/satu-mare.htm |title=Satu Mare |publisher=www.draexlmaier.de |access-date=2009-06-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090724083553/http://www.draexlmaier.de/lang_en/Standorte/satu-mare.htm |archive-date=2009-07-24 }}</ref> [[Gotec Group]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gotec-group.com/en/com_struktur.php |title=Gotec Satu Mare |publisher=www.gotec-group.com |access-date=2009-06-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711114100/http://www.gotec-group.com/en/com_struktur.php |archive-date=2011-07-11 }}</ref> [[Anvis Group]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anvisgroup.com/|title=Anvis Satu Mare|publisher=www.anvisgroup.com|access-date=2009-06-23}}</ref> [[Schlemmer Group|Schlemmer]], [[Casco Schützhelme]] and [[Zollner|Zollner Elektronik]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.zollner.de/en/about-us/plants/plant-8-satu-mare-rumaenien.html |title=Satu Mare plant 1 |publisher=www.zollner.de |access-date=2009-06-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090512133957/http://www.zollner.de/en/about-us/plants/plant-8-satu-mare-rumaenien.html |archive-date=2009-05-12 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.zollner.de/en/about-us/plants/plant-13-satu-mare-2-romania.html |title=Satu Mare plant 2 |publisher=www.zollner.de |access-date=2009-06-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090512133918/http://www.zollner.de/en/about-us/plants/plant-13-satu-mare-2-romania.html |archive-date=2009-05-12 }}</ref> in the industrial sector; [[FrieslandCampina]] in the food sector; [[Radici Group]] in the textile sector; and [[Saint-Gobain]] and [[Boissigny]] in the wood industry.

Currently the largest private employer in Satu Mare is the German automotive company [[Dräxlmaier Group]] which owns since 1998 an electric engine components factory in the city and has around 3,600 employees. The factory supplies automotive wiring especially to the German car manufacturer [[Daimler AG]] but it also supplied wiring to another car manufacturer [[Porsche]] for its [[Porsche Panamera]] model.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zf.ro/companii/de-ce-a-concediat-draxlmaier-9-000-de-angajati-avem-nevoie-de-ingineri-nu-de-oameni-multi-in-productie-6441621|title=De ce a concediat Draxlmaier 9.000 de angajaţi: "Avem nevoie de ingineri, nu de oameni mulți în producţie"|publisher=Ziarul Financiar|access-date=2010-08-24}}</ref> The [[Sweden|Swedish]] company [[Electrolux]] owns a [[kitchen stove]] factory in the city acquired in 1997, that has a surface area of {{convert|52000|sqm|sqft}} and 1,800 employees. The facility has an annual production capacity of around 1.2 million units and the majority of the [[Zanussi]] brand kitchen stoves in Europe are manufactured there.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wall-street.ro/articol/Companii/27014/Electrolux-primul-an-de-scadere-in-Romania.html|title=Electrolux, primul an de scadere in Romania|date=2007-03-23|work=Wall-Street|language=ro|access-date=2009-10-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cotidianul.ro/trei_fabrici_din_romania_beneficiaza_de_credit_cu_buletinul-9368.html |title=Trei fabrici din Romania beneficiaza de credit cu buletinul |date=2006-03-19 |work=Cotidianul |language=ro |access-date=2009-10-23 }}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The Austrian company [[Voestalpine]] owns, since 2004, a steel tubes production facility with an annual capacity of 50 million units per year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sfin.ro/articol_12797/harta_marilor_investitii_straine.html |title=Harta marilor investiţii străine |date=2008-05-16 |work=Saptamana Financiara |language=ro |access-date=2009-10-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080601160941/http://www.sfin.ro/articol_12797/harta_marilor_investitii_straine.html |archive-date=2008-06-01 }}</ref> The German company [[Arcandor]] has its main Romanian office established in Satu Mare. The subsidiary, accounting for the region formed by Romania and Hungary, is the most important among the 16 subsidiaries in Europe in terms of the percentage of sales through online orders having in 2008 total orders of €19.3 million. The company also owns a {{convert|40000|sqm|sqft}} logistic facility and a call center in the city.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.adevarul.ro/articole/quelle-campioana-la-noi-pe-butuci-la-nemti.html |title=Quelle, campioană la noi, pe butuci la nemţi |date=2009-10-21 |work=Adevarul |language=ro |access-date=2009-10-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091023181935/http://www.adevarul.ro/articole/quelle-campioana-la-noi-pe-butuci-la-nemti.html |archive-date=2009-10-23 }}</ref>

Satu Mare's retail sector is fairly well-developed; a number of international companies such as [[Carrefour]], [[Auchan]], [[Kaufland]], [[Metro Cash and Carry|Metro Point]], [[Lidl]] and [[Penny Market]] have [[supermarket]]s or [[hypermarket]]s in the city. There is also a regional mall, Shopping City Satu Mare, with a [[gross leasable area]] (GLA) of {{convert|29000|sqm|sqft|abbr=on}},<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gazetanord-vest.ro/2018/12/video-foto-mega-mall-ul-regional-nepi-deschis-azi-la-satu-mare-shopping-city-satu-mare/|title=Mega mall-ul regional NEPI, deschis azi la Satu Mare|date=5 December 2018 |publisher=Gazeta de Nord-Vest|language=ro|access-date=2020-09-28}}</ref> DIY stores ([[Dedeman]], [[Brico Dépôt]]), and several other shopping centers: [[Grand Mall, Satu Mare|Grand Mall]] of {{convert|6000|sqm|sqft|abbr=on}},<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.grand-mall.ro/despre_pop.html |title=Grand Mall |publisher=www.grand-mall.ro |language=ro |access-date=2009-06-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090429033751/http://www.grand-mall.ro/despre_pop.html |archive-date=2009-04-29 }}</ref> Plaza Europa of {{convert|3000|sqm|sqft|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.satu-mare.ro/evenimente/2005/11/16/UnModernCentruComercial.html|title=Plaza Europa|publisher=www.satu-mare.ro|language=ro|access-date=2009-06-23}}</ref> and [[Someșul Mall]], of {{convert|13000|sqm|sqft|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.somesul.com.ro/despre.html|title=Centrul Comercial Someșul|publisher=www.somesul.com.ro|language=ro|access-date=2009-06-23}}</ref>

There is also an [[industrial park]] called Satu Mare Industrial Park located at the edge of the city on a 70 [[Hectare|ha]] surface.

==Education==

===Universities===
[[File:Szatmárnémeti Református Gimnázium (volt Kölcsey.jpg|thumb|Former Reformed College (left)]]
Satu Mare is home to the [[Commercial Academy of Satu Mare]]<ref name="University">{{cite web|url=http://www.satu-mare.ro/educatie/superior.html|title=Învăţământ superior|publisher=www.satu-mare.ro|language=ro|access-date=2009-06-29}}</ref> and several other branches of important Romanian universities:
* [[Babeș-Bolyai University]]<ref name="University"/>
* [[Spiru Haret University]]<ref name="University"/>
* [[Technical University of Cluj-Napoca]]<ref name="University"/>
* [[University of Oradea]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stirilocale.ro/satu-mare/index.php?module=utile&cat=206|title=Facultati/Universitati Satu Mare|publisher=www.stirilocale.ro|language=ro|access-date=2009-06-29}}</ref>
* [[Vasile Goldiș West University of Arad]]<ref name="University"/>

===High schools===
Satu Mare has 16 high schools, of which four are national colleges:<ref name="Licee, Colegii">{{cite web|url=http://www.satu-mare.ro/educatie/licee/|title=Licee, Colegii|publisher=www.satu-mare.ro|language=ro|access-date=2009-06-29|archive-date=2017-06-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630045056/http://www.satu-mare.ro/educatie/licee/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Doamna Stanca National College (Satu Mare)|Doamna Stanca National College]]<ref name="Licee, Colegii"/>
* [[Ioan Slavici National College]]<ref name="Licee, Colegii"/>
* [[Kölcsey Ferenc National College]]<ref name="Licee, Colegii"/>
* [[Mihai Eminescu National College (Satu Mare)|Mihai Eminescu National College]]<ref name="Licee, Colegii"/>

===Gymnasiums===
The city has 16 [[Gymnasium (school)|gymnasiums]],<ref name="Școli">{{cite web|url=http://www.satu-mare.ro/educatie/gimnaziu/|title=Școli|publisher=www.satu-mare.ro|language=ro|access-date=2009-06-29}}</ref> with the most important being:
* The Grigore Moisil Gymnasium ({{lang|ro|Școala Generală Grigore Moisil}}), founded in 1903 and named after the mathematician [[Grigore Moisil]].<ref name="Școli"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.satu-mare.ro/educatie/scoli/grigoremoisil.html|title=ȘCOALA CU CLASELE I-VIII "GRIGORE MOISIL"|publisher=www.satu-mare.ro|language=ro|access-date=2009-06-28}}</ref>
* The Ion Creangă Gymnasium ({{lang|ro|Școala Generală Ion Creangă}}), founded in 1990 and named after the writer [[Ion Creangă (writer)|Ion Creangă]].<ref name="Școli"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.satu-mare.ro/educatie/scoli/ioncreanga.html|title=ȘCOALA CU CLASELE I-VIII "ION CREANGĂ"|publisher=www.satu-mare.ro|language=ro|access-date=2009-06-28}}</ref>
* The Lucian Blaga Gymnasium ({{lang|ro|Școala Generală Lucian Blaga}}), founded in 1996 by Ioan Viman and named after the philosopher and writer [[Lucian Blaga]].<ref name="Școli"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.l.blaga.go.ro/Monografia.htm |title=SCURTĂ MONOGRAFIE |publisher=www.l.blaga.go.ro |language=ro |access-date=2009-06-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201062111/http://www.l.blaga.go.ro/Monografia.htm |archive-date=2008-12-01 }}</ref>

==Culture==
Satu Mare has a county museum, an art museum,<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.satu-mare.ro/pagina/muzee?id_limba=4|title=Museums|publisher= Satu Mare official website|access-date= 2012-02-13}}</ref> and a theatre, the [[North Theatre (Satu Mare)|North Theatre]], built in 1889 which has both a Hungarian and a Romanian section.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.satu-mare.ro/pagina/teatru-de-nord|title=The North Theatre|publisher= Satu Mare official website|access-date= 2012-02-13}}</ref> Concerts are given by the “Dinu Lipatti Philharmonic”, formerly the state symphonic orchestra of Satu Mare, in a concert hall in a wing of the Dacia Hotel.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.satu-mare.ro/pagina/filarmonica|title=Dinu Lipatti Philharmonic|publisher= Satu Mare official website|access-date= 2012-02-13}}</ref> The county library had 320.000 books in 1997, including a special bibliophile collections of over 70.000 volumes.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.satu-mare.ro/pagina/biblioteca-jude-ean|title=The County Library|publisher= Satu Mare official website|access-date= 2012-02-13}}</ref>

==Tourism==
[[File:Hotel Dacia, Satu Mare Romania 1.JPG|thumb|[[Dacia Hotel]]]]
Major tourists attractions are:
* [[Administrative Palace, Satu Mare|Administrative Palace]], at {{convert|97|m|ft|abbr=on}}, one of the [[List of tallest buildings in Romania|tallest buildings in Romania]]
* [[Capitoline Wolf]] statue
* [[Satu Mare Chain Church|Chain Church]]
* [[Dacia Hotel]]
* [[Satu Mare Synagogue|Decebal Street Synagogue]]
* [[Firemen's Tower (Satu Mare)|Firemen's Tower]], a {{convert|47|m|ft|abbr=on}} tall tower
* [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] [[Cathedral]]

==Media==

===Newspapers===
* ''[[Informația Zilei]]'' – daily local newspaper<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediaindex.ro/detalii_proprietari.php?id=378&subm=Cauta|title=Informația Zilei|publisher=www.mediaindex.ro|language=ro|access-date=2009-06-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224180905/http://www.mediaindex.ro/detalii_proprietari.php?id=378&subm=Cauta|archive-date=2012-02-24|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* ''[[Gazeta de Nord-Vest]]'' – daily local newspaper<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediaindex.ro/detalii_proprietari.php?id=390&subm=Cauta|title=Gazeta de Nord-Vest|publisher=www.mediaindex.ro|language=ro|access-date=2009-06-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224180916/http://www.mediaindex.ro/detalii_proprietari.php?id=390&subm=Cauta|archive-date=2012-02-24|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* ''[[Cronica Sătmăreană]]'' – daily local newspaper
* ''[[Friss Újság]]'' – daily local newspaper in [[Hungarian language]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hhrf.org/frissujsag/friss/index.php|title=Friss Újság|publisher=www.mediaindex.ro|language=hu|access-date=2009-06-24|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130090202/http://hhrf.org/frissujsag/friss/index.php|archive-date=2009-01-30}}</ref>
* ''[[Szatmári Magyar Hírlap]]'' – daily local newspaper in [[Hungarian language]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediaindex.ro/detalii_proprietari.php?id=396&subm=Cauta|title=Magyar Hírlap|publisher=www.mediaindex.ro|language=ro|access-date=2009-06-24|archive-date=2012-02-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224180940/http://www.mediaindex.ro/detalii_proprietari.php?id=396&subm=Cauta|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===TV stations===
* [[TV1 Satu Mare]]
* [[Nord Vest TV]]
* [[Pro TV|Pro TV Satu Mare]]
* [[Informația TV]]

===Radio stations===
* [[Radio City Satu Mare]]
* [[Radio Unu]]
* [[Radio Transilvania]]
* [[Radio ZU]]
* [[Kiss FM (Romania)|Kiss FM Satu Mare]]

===Online portal===
* ''[[Satu Mare Online]]''
* ''[[Sătmăreanul]]''

==Consulates==
* {{flagicon|UKR}} Honorary Consulate of Ukraine<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.satumareonline.ro/cp/5/484/Consulat-al-Ucrainei-la-Satu-Mare|title=Consulat al Ucrainei la Satu Mare|date=2008-10-03|publisher=www.satumareonline.ro|language=ro|access-date=2009-06-27}}</ref>

==Natives==
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;'''Romania'''
* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Ioana Boitor]]
* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Gavril Both]]
* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Ciprian Brata]]
* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Vlad Bujor]]
* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Corina (Romanian singer)|Corina Ciorbă]]
* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Cosmin Costinaș]]
* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Daniel David]]
* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Ioan Donca]]
* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Mircea Florian (musician)|Mircea Florian]]
* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Florin Gardoș]]
* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Gábor Gerstenmájer]]
* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Emanuel Gyenes]]
* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Alexandru Karikaș]]
* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Simona Miculescu]]
* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Dorel Moiș]]
* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Ioan Mircea Pașcu]]
* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Vasile Paulovics]]
* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Ciprian Prodan]]
* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Daniel Prodan]]
* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Zoltan Ritli]]
* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Ovidiu Ioan Silaghi]]
* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Sergiu Suciu]]
* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Josef Szepeschy]]
* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Dan Zaviceanu]]
* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Ervin Zsiga]]
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;'''Hungary'''
* {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Dániel Antal]]
* {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Árpád Árvay]]
* {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Antal Bánhidi]]
* {{flagicon|HUN}} [[László Bánhidi]]
* {{flagicon|HUN}} [[László Botka]]
* {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Gábor Darvas]]
* {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Arányi Dezső]]
* {{flagicon|HUN}} [[András Domahidy]]
* {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Jenő Dsida]]
* {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Mónika Esztán]]
* {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Zoltán Horváth (basketball)|Zoltán Horváth]]
* {{flagicon|HUN}} [[József Kürthy]]
* {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Gyula Lengyel]]
* {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Noémi Matsutani]]
* {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Vince Nagy]]
* {{flagicon|HUN}} [[György Nyisztor]]
* {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Richárd Osváth]]
* {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Zoltán Pánczél]]
* {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Moshe Dovid Winternitz]]

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;'''Germany'''
* {{flagicon|GER}} [[Zita-Eva Funkenhauser]]
* {{flagicon|GER}} [[Monika Weber-Koszto]]
* {{flagicon|GER}} [[Rita König]]
* {{flagicon|GER}} [[Susanne König]]

;'''Canada'''
* {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Corneliu Chisu]]
* {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Ernest Klein]]

;'''USA'''
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ernie Grunfeld]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Yoel Levi]]

;'''Cyprus'''
* {{flagicon|CYP}} [[Rareș Cuzdriorean]]

;'''Israel'''
* {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Miriam Fried]]
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==International relations==

===Twin towns and sister cities===
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Romania}}

Satu Mare is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]]  with:
* {{flagicon|NED}}  [[Zutphen]],  Netherlands, since 1970<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.satu-mare.ro/ancora/zutphen-olanda|title=Zutphen – Olanda|publisher=www.satu-mare.ro|language=ro|access-date=2014-09-12}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|GER}}  [[Wolfenbüttel]], Germany, since  1974<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.satu-mare.ro/ancora/wolfenbuttel-germania|title=Wolfenbüttel – imaginea unui oraş|publisher=www.satu-mare.ro|language=ro|access-date=2014-09-12}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Nyíregyháza]], Hungary, since  2000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.satu-mare.ro/ancora/nyiregyhaza-ungaria|title=Nyíregyháza – Ungaria|publisher=www.satu-mare.ro|language=ro|access-date=2014-09-12}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Berehove]], Ukraine, since 2007<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.satu-mare.ro/ancora/beregovo-ucraina|title=Beregovo – Ucraina|publisher=www.satu-mare.ro|language=ro|access-date=2014-09-12}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|POL}}  [[Rzeszów]], Poland, since  2007<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.satu-mare.ro/ancora/reszow-polonia|title=Rzeszow – Polonia|publisher=www.satu-mare.ro|language=ro|access-date=2014-09-12}}</ref><ref name="Rzeszów">{{cite web |url=http://www.rzeszow.pl/miasto-rzeszow/wspolpraca-miedzynarodowa/informacja-o-partnerstwie-miast |title=Informacja o partnerstwie miast|publisher=www.rzeszow.pl |access-date=2014-09-12}}</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Cladire Strada Stefan cel Mare nr. 1 Satu Mare.JPG|Stephen the Great street
File:Biserica SM.jpg|[[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] [[cathedral]]
File:Satu Mare Chains Church.JPG|[[Satu Mare Chain Church|Chain Church]]
File:Satu Mare Greek Catholic Cathedral 5.JPG|[[SS. Michael and Gabriel Cathedral, Satu Mare|SS. Michael and Gabriel Cathedral]]
File:SM8.jpg|[[Satu Mare Synagogue]]
File:Hotel Dacia, Satu Mare Romania detail 1.JPG|Hotel Dacia, detail
File:DJI 0050.png|25 October Square ([[Centru Nou, Satu Mare|The New City Centre]])
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[Satmar (Hasidic dynasty)]], a Jewish religious group named after this city
* [[List of companies based in Satu Mare]]
* [[List of natives and inhabitants of Satu Mare]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==

===Official websites===
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{{wikivoyage|Satu Mare}}
* [http://www.satu-mare.ro Satu Mare administration official site] {{in lang|ro|hu|de|en}}
* [http://www.prefecturasatumare.ro/ Satu Mare County Prefecture] {{in lang|ro}}
* [http://www.satu-mare.ro/consiliul/ Satu Mare Municipal Council] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816165911/http://www.satu-mare.ro/consiliul/ |date=2022-08-16 }} {{in lang|ro|hu|de|en}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111225130602/http://www.transurbansatumare.ro/trans/ Transurban (Public Transport Company) official site] {{in lang|ro}}
* [http://www.aeroportulsm.ro/ Satu Mare International Airport] {{in lang|en|ro}}

===Unofficial websites===
* [http://www.satumareonline.ro/ Satu Mare Online] {{in lang|ro}}
* [http://www.satu-mare.com/ Satu-Mare.com] {{in lang|ro}}
* [http://www.szatmar.ro/ Szatmar.ro] {{in lang|hu}}

===Other===
* {{JewishGen-LocalityPage|1169614|Satu Mare, Romania}}

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