Petresti, Satu Mare
Encyclopedia
Petrești is a commune
of 1,638 inhabitants situated in Satu Mare County
, Romania
. It is composed of two villages, Dindeștiu Mic (Kisdengeleg) and Petrești.
According to mother tongue, 73% speak Hungarian
as their first language, while 14.31% speak German
and 12.65% of the population speak Romanian
.
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 1,638 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...
. It is composed of two villages, Dindeștiu Mic (Kisdengeleg) and Petrești.
Demographics
Ethnic groups (2002 census):- Hungarians: 47.17%
- Romanians: 11.82%
- Germans: 31.49%
- Romanies (Gypsies): 9.44%
Hungarian language
Hungarian is a Uralic language, part of the Ugric group. With some 14 million speakers, it is one of the most widely spoken non-Indo-European languages in Europe....
as their first language, while 14.31% speak German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
and 12.65% of the population speak Romanian
Romanian language
Romanian Romanian Romanian (or Daco-Romanian; obsolete spellings Rumanian, Roumanian; self-designation: română, limba română ("the Romanian language") or românește (lit. "in Romanian") is a Romance language spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova...
.