Tășnad

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).

Tășnad Tasnád
Town
Coat of arms
Location in Satu Mare County
Tășnad Location in Romania
Coordinates: 47°28′38″N 22°35′2″E
Country	Romania
County	Satu Mare
Government
• Mayor	Csaba-Francisc Grieb[1] (PNL)
Area	96.60 km^2 (37.30 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]	8,631
• Density	89/km^2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone	EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Vehicle reg.	SM
Website	http://www.tasnad.ro/

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

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1977	9,934	—
1992	10,399	+4.7%
2002	10,188	−2.0%
2011	8,411	−17.4%
Source: Census data

According to the last census from 2011 there were 8,411 people living within the city.

Of this population, 51.1% are ethnic Romanians, while 36.2% are ethnic Hungarians, 11.4% ethnic Romani and 1,1% others.[3]

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.[4]

History

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.[5] Until 1876, Tășnad was part of Közép-Szolnok County when it was incorporated in the newly formed Szilágy County of the Kingdom of Hungary. In 1920, after the Treaty of Trianon it became part of the Kingdom of Romania.

References

1. "Results of the 2016 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
2. "Populaţia stabilă pe judeţe, municipii, oraşe şi localităti componenete la RPL_2011" (in Romanian). National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
3. "COMUNICAT DE PRESĂ : 02 februarie 2012 privind rezultatele provizorii ale Recensământului Populaţiei şi Locuinţelor – 2011" (PDF). Satumare.insse.ro. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
4. "TASNAD". Tasnad.org. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
5. Astaloş, Ciprian; Sommer, Ulrike; Virág, Cristi (2013). "Excavations of an Early Neolithic Site at Tăşnad, Romania". Archaeology International. 16: 47–53. doi:10.5334/ai.1614.