Satu Mare

History

Its Hungarian name was first recorded in 1566 as Marefalwa, in 1602 as Máréfalva. Its first Romanian name originated from the Hungarian form as Marefalău. After 1919, Romanian authorities first renamed it Satul Mare, later Satu Mare. The village was part of the Székely Land region of the historical Transylvania province. It belonged to Udvarhelyszék district until the administrative reform of Transylvania in 1876, when they fell within the Udvarhely County in the Kingdom of Hungary. After the Treaty of Trianon of 1920, they became part of Romania and fell within Odorhei County during the interwar period. In 1940, the second Vienna Award granted Northern Transylvania to Hungary and the villages were held by Hungary until 1944. After Soviet occupation, the Romanian administration returned and the village formally became part of Romania again in 1947. Between 1952 and 1960, the village fell within the Magyar Autonomous Region, between 1960 and 1968 the Mureș-Magyar Autonomous Region. In 1968, the province was abolished, and since then, the village has been part of Harghita County. Part of Brădești Commune until 2004, it was split off to form its own commune that year.

Most-observed species

• Common Chaffinch

  Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  146
• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  121
• Eurasian Jay

  Garrulus glandarius (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  100
• Common Raven

  Corvus corax Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  98
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  89
• Black Redstart

  Phoenicurus ochruros (S.G.Gmelin, 1774) · Aves
  89
• Barn Swallow

  Hirundo rustica Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  88
• Eurasian Collared-Dove

  Streptopelia decaocto (Frivaldszky, 1838) · Aves
  83

Most recent

• M 3.4 — 2008-06-05
  2 km N of Comand?u, Romania
• M 3.7 — 2007-12-23
  7 km NE of Comand?u, Romania
• M 3.8 — 2007-06-23
  2 km SW of Comand?u, Romania