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Satu Mare (in Hungarian Szatmárnémeti) is a city in Satu Mare (in Hungarian Szatmár) County of Romania closed to the Hungarian border on the banks of the Someş/Szamos River. Satu Mare is the capital of the county and the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Szatmár. The commune contains two settlements: City of Satu Mare/Szatmárnémeti and Sătmărel village. The city has got 130.584 inhabitants (41,3% Hungarians, 1992 census). Neighbouring communities are: Dorolţ/Pusztadaróc, Vetiş/Vetés, Doba, Ardud/Erdöd, Viile Satu Mare/Szatmárhegy, Păuleşti/Szatmárpálfalva, Odoreu/Szatmárudvari, Botiz/Batiz, Micula/Mikola and Lazuri/Lázári communities.
At the time of the Hungarian Conquest, the Hungarians besieged the entrenchment which became later Castle of Szatmár. Queen Gizella, wife of King Saint Stephen I (1000-1038) settled a new settlement with German King's Hunters - Németi. Szatmár and Németi were devastated by the Mongols in 1241-1242. King Béla IV resettled the twin cities. The two cities were in Szatmár County of the Kingdom of Hungary. 1605-1606, 1621-1629, 1645-1648 the cities with the county were parts of the Principality of