Căpleni is a commune

Communes of Romania

A commune is the lowest level of administrative subdivision in Romania. There are 2686 communes in Romania. The commune is the rural subdivision of a county .There is no clear restriction on the population of a commune, even though when a commune...

 of 4,349 inhabitants situated in Satu Mare County

Satu Mare County

Satu Mare County is a county of Romania. The capital city is Satu Mare. Besides Romanians , Satu Mare features a significant ethnic minority of Hungarians .-Demographics:...

, Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

 along the border with Hungary

Hungary

Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

. It is composed of a single village, Căpleni, and also included Cămin village until 2002, when it was split off to form a separate commune.

Etymology

The name "Cǎpleni" is the Romanian version of its Hungarian name, Kaplony, which derives from an Old Turkic

Turkic languages

The Turkic languages constitute a language family of at least thirty five languages, spoken by Turkic peoples across a vast area from Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean to Siberia and Western China, and are considered to be part of the proposed Altaic language family.Turkic languages are spoken...

personal name meaning "tiger".

Demographics

Ethnic groups (2002 census):

• Hungarians (83.35%)
• Germans (9.60%)
• Romanians (3.56%)
• Roma (3.45%)