Căpleni

{{Infobox Romanian subdivision

|type = commune

|county = Satu Mare

|population_total = auto

|map_caption = Location in Satu Mare County

|name = Căpleni

|other_name = Kaplony

|image_skyline = Kaplony, Templom.JPG

|image_caption = Saint Anthony of Padua Church

|image_location =

|image_map = Capleni jud Satu Mare.png

|leader_name = Tamás-Róbert Megyeri{{cite web |url=https://prezenta.roaep.ro/locale27092020/romania-pv-final |title=Results of the 2020 local elections |publisher=Central Electoral Bureau |access-date=8 June 2021 |df=dmy-all}}

|term = 2024–2028

|leader_party = UDMR

|coordinates={{coord|47|43|N|22|30|E|display=it|region:RO_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki}}

|elevation = 116

|elevation_min =

|elevation_max =

|area_total = 28.23

|population_as_of =

|population_footnotes =

|postal_code = 447080

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|website = {{url|http://www.capleni.ro}}

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Căpleni ({{langx|hu|Kaplony}}, Hungarian pronunciation: {{convertIPA-hu|’|k|a|p|l|o|ny}}; {{langx|de|Kaplau}}) is a commune of 4,349 inhabitants in Satu Mare County, Romania along the border with Hungary. It is composed of a single village, Căpleni, and also included the village of Cămin until 2002, when it was split off to form a separate commune.

The commune is located in the western part of the county, on the bank of the Crasna River, at a distance of {{cvt|4|km}} north of Carei and {{cvt|40|km}} from the county seat, Satu Mare.

Administration

The current local council has the following political composition, based on the results of the votes cast at the 2024 Romanian local elections.

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! style="background:#ccc" | Party

! style="background:#ccc" | Seats

! style="background:#ccc" colspan="11" | Current Council

{{party color cell|Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania}}

| Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR/RMDSZ)

| style="text-align: right" | 11

| {{party color cell|Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania}}

| Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania (FDGR/DFDR)

| style="text-align: right" | 2

| {{party color cell|Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania}}

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Etymology

The name "Căpleni" is the Romanian version of its Hungarian name, Kaplony, which derives from an Old Turkic personal name meaning "tiger".{{Cite web|url=http://www.magyarnevek.hu/?page=male&char=K|title = Magyar Keresztnevek Tára}}

Demographics

Ethnic groups (2011 census):[http://www.satumare.insse.ro/phpfiles/rezultateprovizorii.pdf Romanian census data, 2011] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029194405/http://www.satumare.insse.ro/phpfiles/rezultateprovizorii.pdf |date=2013-10-29 }}; retrieved on May 14, 2012

Hungarians (90.4%)
Roma (4%)
Romanians (3.1%)
Germans (2.4%)

Natives

Robert Roszel

References

Category:Communes in Satu Mare County