Căpleni ( Hungarian : Kaplony , Hungarian pronunciation : [ˈkɒploɲ] ; German : 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.
4-694: The commune is located in the western part of the county, on the bank of the Crasna River , at a distance of 4 km (2.5 mi) north of Carei and 40 km (25 mi) from the county seat, Satu Mare . The current local council has the following political composition, based on the results of the votes cast at the 2024 Romanian local elections. The name "Căpleni" is the Romanian version of its Hungarian name, Kaplony , which derives from an Old Turkic personal name meaning " tiger ". Ethnic groups (2011 census): This Satu Mare County location article
8-612: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Crasna (Tisza) The Crasna ( Romanian ) or Kraszna ( Hungarian ) is the name of a river in northwestern Romania and northeastern Hungary . The Crasna is a left tributary of the Tisza . Its source is in Transylvania , Romania, near the village of Crasna . It flows through the Romanian counties Sălaj and Satu Mare and the Hungarian county Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg . It flows into
12-719: The Tisza in Vásárosnamény . Cities along the Crasna are Șimleu Silvaniei in Romania, Nagyecsed and Mátészalka in Hungary. Until the 1890s the Crasna discharged into the river Someș . Since then, the lower course of the Crasna has been regulated and it discharges into the Tisza 3.5 km downstream of the confluence of Tisza and Someș. Its basin size is 1,931 km (746 sq mi). The following towns and villages are situated along
16-612: The river Crasna, from source to mouth: Cizer , Horoatu Crasnei , Crasna , Vârșolț , Pericei , Șimleu Silvaniei , Măeriște , Sărmășag , Bobota , Supur , Acâș , Craidorolț , Moftin , Berveni (in Romania) and Nagyecsed , Mátészalka and Vásárosnamény (in Hungary). The following rivers are tributaries to the Crasna: This article related to a river in Satu Mare County
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