Cehal

{{Infobox Romanian subdivision

|type = commune

|county = Satu Mare

|name = Cehal

|other_name = Oláhcsaholy

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|image_map = Cehal jud Satu Mare.png

|map_caption = Location in Satu Mare County

|leader_name = Gheorghe Jurchiș

|leader_party = PSD

|leader_term = 2020–2024

|coordinates = {{coord|47|23|N|22|36|E|type:adm2nd_region:RO|display=it}}

|elevation = 226

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|area_total = 65.43

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|postal_code = 447095

|area_code = +(40) 261

|website = {{URL|https://primariacehal.ro/}}

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Cehal ({{langx|hu|Oláhcsaholy}}, Hungarian pronunciation: {{convertIPA-hu|’|o|l|á|h|cs|a|h|o|j}}) is a commune situated in Satu Mare County, Crișana, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Cehal, Cehăluț (the commune center; Magyarcsaholy), and Orbău (Tasnádorbó).

Demographics

At the 2011 census the commune had 1,594 inhabitants, of which 66.4% were Romanians and 33.3% Hungarians.{{Cite web |url=http://www.satumare.insse.ro/phpfiles/rezultateprovizorii.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-06-10 |archive-date=2013-10-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029194405/http://www.satumare.insse.ro/phpfiles/rezultateprovizorii.pdf |url-status=dead }}

At the 2021 census Cehal had a population of 1,279; of those, 62% were Romanians and 32% Hungarians.{{cite web|url=https://www.recensamantromania.ro/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Tabel-1.03_1.3.1-si-1.03.2.xls|title=Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021|publisher=INSSE|language=ro|date=31 May 2023}}

Natives

Zoltán Sztáray (1918–2011), writer

References

Category:Communes in Satu Mare County

Category:Localities in Crișana