Satu-Mare

Satu Mare, Romania Szatmárnémeti A county and a city first mentioned in 1181 after it had been founded to facilitate the movement of salt along the Someş River. The name means ‘Big Village’ from sat ‘village’ and mare ‘big’. The early German influence is clear from the previous Hungarian name, the second part, németi, meaning ‘German’. The city was ceded to Romania in 1920.

Satu-Mare , Hung. Szatmárnémeti or Szatmár, city (1990 pop. 137,723), NW Romania, in Crişana-Maramureş, on the Someşul River, near the Hungarian border. The administrative, commercial, and cultural center of a fertile agricultural region, it has industries that produce mining equipment, textiles, machinery, and various consumer products. It is also an important railway junction, with connections to Hungary and Ukraine. The peace of Szatmár, negotiated there in 1711, ended the rebellion of Francis II Rakoczy. The seat of a Roman Catholic bishop, Satu-Mare has three cathedrals and an old palace. There is a large Hungarian minority.