Negrești-Oaș (; , <small>Hungarian pronunciation: </small>) is a town in northwestern Romania, in the county of Satu Mare. Two villages, Luna (Lunaforrás) and Tur (Túrvékonya), are administered by the town. The town is the capital of the Țara Oașului ethnocultural region.
Geography
Negrești-Oaș is situated at an altitude of , on the banks of the Tur River. It is located in the northeastern part of the county, on the border with Maramureș County, near the Ukrainian border. The town lies at a distance of east of the county seat, Satu Mare, and about the same distance north of Baia Mare and southwest of Sighetu Marmației.
The town is traversed by national road , which starts in Oradea, runs through Carei, Satu Mare, and Negrești-Oaș, then crosses the Inner Eastern Carpathians at the Huta Pass, and ends in Sighetu Marmației.
Population
At the 2021 census, Negrești-Oaș had a population of 14,616. At the 2011 census, there were 11,867 people living within the town; of those, 95% were ethnic Romanians, while 2.9% were ethnic Hungarians and 1.9% Roma. Furthermore, 72.4% were Romanian Orthodox, 12.6% Jehovah's Witnesses, 4.5% Pentecostal, 3.7% Roman Catholic, 3.4% Greek-Catholic, and 1.6% Reformed.
Natives
- Stelian Baltă, entrepreneur and tech investor
- Oana Gregory (born 1996), actress
- Mihai Ștețca (born 1981), footballer
Gallery
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File:Port oșenesc.jpeg|Local boys in traditional costume
File:Râul Tur, primăvara 2013.jpeg|The river Tur in Negrești-Oaș near its source
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