Tășnad

Coordinates: 47°28′38″N 22°35′2″E / 47.47722°N 22.58389°E / 47.47722; 22.58389
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Tășnad
Tasnád
Coat of arms of Tășnad
Location in Satu Mare County
Location in Satu Mare County
Tășnad is located in Romania
Tășnad
Tășnad
Location in Romania
Coordinates: 47°28′38″N 22°35′2″E / 47.47722°N 22.58389°E / 47.47722; 22.58389
CountryRomania
CountySatu Mare
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2024) Adrian-Dănuț Farcău[1] (PRO)
Area
96.60 km2 (37.30 sq mi)
Elevation
129 m (423 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-01)[2]
8,058
 • Density83/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Postal code
445300
Area code(+40) 02 61
Vehicle reg.SM
Websitewww.tasnad.ro

Tășnad (Romanian pronunciation: [təʃˈnad]; Hungarian: Tasnád, Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈtɒʃnaːd]; German: Trestenburg) is a town in Satu Mare County, Crișana, Romania. It administers five villages: Blaja (Tasnádbalázsháza), Cig (Csög), Rațiu (Ráctanya), Sărăuad (Tasnádszarvad) and Valea Morii (Tasnádmalomszeg).

At about 2 km (1.2 mi) from the center lies Tășnad geothermal Spa, known in Romania and abroad for its thermal waters.

Demographics[edit]

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1977 9,934—    
1992 10,399+4.7%
2002 10,188−2.0%
2011 8,411−17.4%
2021 8,058−4.2%
Source: Census data

At the 2021 census, Tășnad had a population of 8,058.[3] At the 2011 census, there were 8,411 people living within the city; of those, 51.1% were ethnic Romanians, while 36.2% are ethnic Hungarians, 11.4% ethnic Romani, and 1,1% others.[4]

As of 2022, the city contains the Reformed Church, a Baptist Church, the Orthodox cathedral, a Roman Catholic church, and a Greek Catholic church.[5]

Dr. Abraham Fuchs wrote a comprehensive historical book about Tășnad as it was up to World War II. The book is in Hebrew and describes the vibrant Jewish life in this small town up until its destruction in 1944.[6]

History[edit]

At the archaeological site of Tășnad-Sere in the Spa-area, finds from the Neolithic Körös, Pișcolt and Baden cultures have been made as well as remains from the late Iron Age and the migration period (Chernyakhov culture). Since 2012, Ulrike Sommer from the Institute of archaeology London conducts excavations of the Körös site together with the Satu Mare Museum.[7] Until 1876, Tășnad was part of Közép-Szolnok County when it was incorporated in the newly formed Szilágy County of the Kingdom of Hungary.

After the collapse of Austria-Hungary at the end of World War I, and the declaration of the Union of Transylvania with Romania, the Romanian Army took control of Tășnad in April 1919, during the Hungarian–Romanian War. The city officially became part of the territory ceded to the Kingdom of Romania in June 1920 under the terms of the Treaty of Trianon. In August 1940, under the auspices of Nazi Germany, which imposed the Second Vienna Award, Hungary retook the territory of Northern Transylvania (which included Tășnad) from Romania. Towards the end of World War II, however, the city was taken back from Hungarian and German troops by Romanian and Soviet forces in October 1944.

Natives[edit]

  • Lajos Bíró (1856–1931), Hungarian zoologist
  • George Copos (born 1953), businessman and politician
  • Grigore Maior (1715–1785), Bishop of Făgăraș and Primate of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church
  • Petri Mór (1863–1945), teacher, school inspector, and author
  • Károly Nóti (1892–1954), Hungarian screenwriter

Education[edit]

Schools[edit]

Twin cities[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
  3. ^ "Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (in Romanian). INSSE. 31 May 2023.
  4. ^ "COMUNICAT DE PRESĂ : 02 februarie 2012 privind rezultatele provizorii ale Recensământului Populaţiei şi Locuinţelor – 2011" (PDF). Satumare.insse.ro. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Church". Google Maps. Google, Inc. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  6. ^ "TASNAD". Tasnad.org. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  7. ^ Astaloş, Ciprian; Sommer, Ulrike; Virág, Cristi (2013). "Excavations of an Early Neolithic Site at Tăşnad, Romania". Archaeology International. 16 (2012–2013): 47–53. doi:10.5334/ai.1614.