Coltău
Coltău
Koltó | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location in Maramureș County | |
Coltău Location in Romania | |
| Coordinates: 47°36′N 23°31′E / 47.600°N 23.517°E | |
| Country | Romania |
| County | Maramureș |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2024&nfdash;2028) | Lajos Csendes (UDMR) |
Area | 12.95 km2 (5.00 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 171 m (561 ft) |
| Population (2021-12-01)[1] | 3,106 |
| • Density | 239.8/km2 (621.2/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 437283 |
| Area code | (+40) 0262 |
| Vehicle reg. | MM |
| Website | primaria-coltau |
Coltău (Hungarian: Koltó) is a commune in Maramureș County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Cătălina (Koltókatalin) and Coltău. Formerly independent, the villages were part of Săcălășeni Commune from 1968 to 2004, when they were split off to form a separate commune.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1880 | 695 | — |
| 1900 | 930 | +33.8% |
| 1910 | 969 | +4.2% |
| 1930 | 1,066 | +10.0% |
| 1956 | 1,620 | +52.0% |
| 1977 | 1,739 | +7.3% |
| 1992 | 1,862 | +7.1% |
| 2002 | 2,148 | +15.4% |
| 2011 | 2,557 | +19.0% |
| 2021 | 3,106 | +21.5% |
| Source: Census data | ||
At the 2011 census, the commune had 2,557 inhabitants; of those, 57.1% were Hungarians, 37.8% Roma, and 5% Romanians. At the 2021 census, Coltău had a population of 3,106; of those, 40.37% were Hungarians, 40.15% Roma, and 13.23% Romanians.[2]
References
- ^ "2021 Romanian census". National Institute of Statistics. 1 December 2021.
- ^ "Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (in Romanian). INSSE. 31 May 2023.
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At the end of September, sculpture of Sándor Petőfi by Gábor Benő Pogány
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Teleki Castle in Coltău, c. 1876