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Tăuții-Măgherăuș
Town
Tăuții-Măgherăuș town hall
Coat of arms
Location in Maramureș County
Tăuții-MăgherăușLocation in Romania
Coordinates: 47°40′04″N 23°28′20″E / 47.6678°N 23.4722°E / 47.6678; 23.4722
Country	Romania
County	Maramureș
Government
• Mayor (2020–2024)	Dumitru Marinescu (PNL)
Area	125.64 km (48.51 sq mi)
Elevation	217 m (712 ft)
Population	8,463
• Density	67/km (170/sq mi)
Time zone	EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Postal code	437345
Area code	(+40) 02 62
Vehicle reg.	MM
Website	tautiimagheraus.ro

Tăuții-Măgherăuș (Hungarian: Miszmogyorós) is a town in Maramureș County, Romania. The town administers six villages: Băița (Láposbánya), Bozânta Mare (Nagybozinta), Bușag (Buság), Merișor, Nistru (Miszbánya), and Ulmoasa (Szilas). Tăuții-Măgherăuș was declared a town in 2004. The Baia Mare Airport is located in the town.

Geography

The town belongs to the Baia Mare metropolitan area. It is located in the western part of the Maramureș County, 10 km (6.2 mi) from the county seat, Baia Mare, on the border with Satu Mare County.

Tăuții-Măgherăuș lies on the right bank of the Someș River; the Lăpuș River discharges into the Someș in Bușag village. Other rivers that flow through the town are the Nistru and the Băița.

The town is crossed by national road DN1C [ro] (part of European route E58), which runs from Cluj-Napoca north towards Baia Mare and the border crossing at Halmeu, where it connects with the Ukrainian highway M26. The Bușag railway station [ro] serves the CFR Main Line 400, which connects Brașov with Baia Mare and Satu Mare.

Demographics

At the 2021 census, Tăuții-Măgherăuș had a population of 8,463, of which 76,39% were Romanians and 8.65% Hungarians. At the 2011 census, the town had 7,136, inhabitants, of which 82.55% were Romanians and 11.87% Hungarians. In 2002, it had 6,713 inhabitants, of which 84.3% were Romanians, 14.4% Hungarians, and 1% Roma; 78.3% were Romanian Orthodox, 12.1% Roman Catholic, 3.9% Greek-Catholic, and 3.5% Reformed.

Natives

• Ion Șiugariu (1914 – 1945), poet

References

1. "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
2. "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
3. "Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (in Romanian). INSSE. 31 May 2023.

• Maramureș Airport in Tăuții-Măgherăuș
• Bușag train station
• Church in Merișor
• The Someș River in Merișor

v t e Maramureș County, Romania
Cities	Baia Mare (county seat) Sighetu Marmației
Towns	Baia Sprie Borșa Cavnic Dragomirești Săliștea de Sus Seini Șomcuta Mare Târgu Lăpuș Tăuții-Măgherăuș Ulmeni Vișeu de Sus
Communes	Ardusat Ariniș Asuaju de Sus Băița de sub Codru Băiuț Bârsana Băsești Bicaz Bistra Bocicoiu Mare Bogdan Vodă Boiu Mare Botiza Budești Călinești Câmpulung la Tisa Cernești Cicârlău Coaș Coltău Copalnic-Mănăștur Coroieni Cupșeni Desești Dumbrăvița Fărcașa Gârdani Giulești Groși Groșii Țibleșului Ieud Lăpuș Leordina Mireșu Mare Moisei Oarța de Jos Ocna Șugatag Oncești Petrova Poienile de sub Munte Poienile Izei Recea Remetea Chioarului Remeți Repedea Rona de Jos Rona de Sus Rozavlea Ruscova Săcălășeni Săcel Sălsig Săpânța Sarasău Satulung Șieu Șișești Strâmtura Suciu de Sus Vadu Izei Valea Chioarului Vima Mică Vișeu de Jos

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