Ocna Șugatag

Ocna Șugatag (Template:Langx, Template:Langx, Template:Langx) is a commune in Maramureș County, Maramureș, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Breb (Template:Langx), Hoteni (Template:Langx), Ocna Șugatag, and Sat-Șugatag (Template:Langx).

Geography

The commune is located in the central-north part of Maramureș County, Template:Cvt south of Sighetu Marmației and Template:Cvt northeast of the county seat, Baia Mare. It is situated at an altitude of Template:Cvt, in a hilly region on the eastern slopes of the Gutin Mountains, on the banks of the river Mara.

A spa resort, Ocna Șugatag is well known for its salt water. It is home to Lake Gavril, which covers an area of over and has a depth of about Template:Cvt. Formed by the collapse of a salt mine more than 60 years ago, the lake is known for its anthropomorphic shape and for the fact that at the top it has a layer of fresh water, and at the bottom a layer of salt water.

Demographics

At the 2011 census, Ocna Șugatag had 3,853 inhabitants; of those, 89.2% were Romanians, 8.3% Hungarians, and 2.3% Roma. At the 2021 census, the commune had a population of 3,617, of which 84.32% were Romanians, 5.2% Hungarians, and 3.12% Roma.

Natives

• Marga Barbu (1929 – 2009), actress
• Maria Ficzay (born 1991), women's football player
• Béla Zsedényi (1894 – 1955), Hungarian jurist and politician

External links

• Template:Replace on YouTube

• Roman Catholic church, Ocna Șugatag village
  Roman Catholic church, Ocna Șugatag village
• Wooden Orthodox church, Ocna Șugatag
  Wooden Orthodox church, Ocna Șugatag
• Spa, Ocna Șugatag
  Spa, Ocna Șugatag
• Wooden church, Sat-Șugatag (1642)
  Wooden church, Sat-Șugatag (1642)
• Wooden church, Hoteni (1790)
  Wooden church, Hoteni (1790)
• Wooden church, Breb (1531)
  Wooden church, Breb (1531)