List of towns in Romania by ethnic Hungarian population
This list contains Romanian urban localities (municipalities or towns) in which ethnic Hungarians make up over 5% of the total population, according to the 2021 census, ordered by their percentage of the local population. (Note that ethnic data were unavailable for a certain percentage of residents counted during that census, and these were excluded from the total.) The Hungarians are an ethnic group which make up 6% of Romania's population, with nearly all living in Transylvania, where they make up 17.4% of the population.
Hungarians form at least 5% of the population in 73 of Transylvania's 143 towns, accounting for 94.4% of the region's 465,970 urban Hungarians. There are numerous rural localities (communes and villages) which also have Hungarian populations exceeding 5% of the total population, even though those are not listed here. Conversely, Hungarian communities of at least a thousand people, but under the 5% threshold, exist in Timișoara (8313), Bistrița (2898), Hunedoara (1777), Lugoj (1357), Sibiu (1206) and Petroșani (1147), as well as in Bucharest (2168).
In localities where Hungarians make up more than 20% of the population, the Hungarian language can be used when addressing local authorities, while state-funded education and bilingual signs are also provided. This arrangement applies in many communes, as well as in thirty-one cities and towns.
| Absolute Hungarian majority; Hungarian language has a special status in local administration | |
| 20-50% Hungarians; Hungarian language has a special status in local administration | |
| Under 20% Hungarians; Hungarian language without special status in local administration |
| At least 10,000 Hungarians | |
| Between 5000 and 9999 Hungarians | |
| Between 2500 and 4999 Hungarians | |
| Under 2500 Hungarians |
| City | # Hungarians in 2021 |
% Hungarians in 2021 |
in 1966 | in 1930 | in 1910 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vlăhița, Harghita | 6,088 | 98.9 | 98.5 | 98.1 | 100.0 |
| Baraolt, Covasna | 6,736 | 95.8 | 96.0 | 91.5 | 99.3 |
| Odorheiu Secuiesc, Harghita | 27,351 | 95.7 | 94.9 | 83.5 | 96.9 |
| Cristuru Secuiesc, Harghita | 7,673 | 94.8 | 96.7 | 86.9 | 96.9 |
| Târgu Secuiesc, Covasna | 13,771 | 92.5 | 95.1 | 92.7 | 98.5 |
| Băile Tușnad, Harghita | 1,142 | 90.7 | 90.9 | 99.5 | |
| Sovata, Mureș | 8,035 | 88.5 | 92.9 | 83.6 | 98.7 |
| Gheorgheni, Harghita | 11,832 | 87.6 | 92.3 | 86.1 | 96.0 |
| Miercurea Nirajului, Mureș | 4,218 | 84.0 | 77.0 | 60.4 | 83.0 |
| Valea lui Mihai, Bihor | 7,098 | 82.8 | 82.5 | 65.7 | 99.6 |
| Miercurea Ciuc, Harghita | 24,873 | 81.5 | 92.2 | 85.9 | 97.9 |
| Sângeorgiu de Pădure, Mureș | 3,626 | 80.7 | 78.5 | 61.2 | 91.2 |
| Sfântu Gheorghe, Covasna | 34,678 | 78.1 | 86.0 | 74.4 | 96.6 |
| Borsec, Harghita | 1,667 | 72.7 | 86.4 | 77.9 | 91.4 |
| Săcueni, Bihor | 6,672 | 66.7 | 80.5 | 80.1 | 98.8 |
| Covasna, Covasna | 5,556 | 65.7 | 74.8 | 72.8 | 78.4 |
| Livada, Satu Mare | 3,175 | 59.8 | 68.1 | 63.2 | 96.9 |
| Salonta, Bihor | 8,387 | 58.0 | 72.9 | 80.2 | 95.3 |
| Carei, Satu Mare | 8,714 | 52.1 | 59.5 | 35.1 | 98.1 |
| Cehu Silvaniei, Sălaj | 2,920 | 48.7 | 50.1 | 51.1 | 64.9 |
| Târgu Mureș, Mureș | 40,604 | 41.8 | 69.6 | 57.2 | 86.8 |
| Marghita, Bihor | 4,726 | 38.7 | 57.3 | 50.8 | 82.2 |
| Satu Mare, Satu Mare | 28,152 | 36.3 | 49.5 | 41.4 | 91.4 |
| Bălan, Harghita | 1,623 | 33.2 | 53.7 | 95.8 | |
| Tășnad, Satu Mare | 2,251 | 29.9 | 48.5 | 43.1 | 71.6 |
| Reghin, Mureș | 5,607 | 22.6 | 46.9 | 40.1 | 50.7 |
| Huedin, Cluj | 1,817 | 22.5 | 51.1 | 60.1 | 91.4 |
| Pecica, Arad | 2,341 | 22.0 | 49.8 | 50.7 | 55.5 |
| Ulmeni, Maramureș | 1,448 | 21.8 | 27.5 | 26.3 | 33.4 |
| Luduș, Mureș | 2,784 | 21.1 | 33.5 | 46.1 | 58.6 |
| Oradea, Bihor | 33,340 | 20.9 | 51.4 | 53.7 | 91.3 |
| Chișineu-Criș, Arad | 1,306 | 19.7 | 26.2 | 34.4 | 46.7 |
| Toplița, Harghita | 2,092 | 19.2 | 39.6 | 31.5 | 32.7 |
| Sărmașu, Mureș | 1,097 | 19.0 | 26.0 | 34.4 | 37.0 |
| Șimleu Silvaniei, Sălaj | 2,167 | 18.3 | 36.4 | 40.1 | 77.5 |
| Săcele, Brașov | 4,499 | 18.1 | 38.5 | 59.4 | 57.4 |
| Ardud, Satu Mare | 865 | 16.4 | 33.8 | 13.9 | 62.3 |
| Rupea, Brașov | 706 | 16.1 | 23.1 | 13.7 | 11.3 |
| Sighișoara, Mureș | 3,008 | 15.3 | 16.3 | 20.6 | 21.4 |
| Gherla, Cluj | 2,609 | 14.8 | 24.8 | 27.2 | 60.6 |
| Aiud, Alba | 2,766 | 14.6 | 25.4 | 37.2 | 51.0 |
| Baia Sprie, Maramureș | 1,672 | 14.2 | 28.8 | 35.1 | 62.8 |
| Cluj-Napoca, Cluj | 33,603 | 13.9 | 41.4 | 47.3 | 81.6 |
| Zalău, Sălaj | 6,108 | 13.5 | 44.5 | 52.6 | 74.0 |
| Seini, Maramureș | 1,000 | 13.2 | 25.6 | 25.0 | 46.3 |
| Târnăveni, Mureș | 2,393 | 13.1 | 22.1 | 41.7 | 51.6 |
| Aleșd, Bihor | 1,105 | 12.4 | 37.2 | 39.4 | 41.2 |
| Târgu Lăpuș, Maramureș | 1,064 | 10.8 | 15.2 | 15.2 | 26.7 |
| Beclean, Bistrița-Năsăud | 1,088 | 10.5 | 29.4 | 29.7 | 50.4 |
| Deta, Timiș | 498 | 10.3 | 25.4 | 20.1 | 18.5 |
| Sighetu Marmației, Maramureș | 2,771 | 10.2 | 25.5 | 19.9 | 76.7 |
| Tăuții-Măgherăuș, Maramureș | 732 | 10.0 | 20.1 | 24.8 | 29.8 |
| Baia Mare, Maramureș | 8,713 | 9.8 | 31.9 | 31.8 | 64.8 |
| Dej, Cluj | 2,520 | 9.0 | 28.5 | 31.6 | 57.5 |
| Iernut, Mureș | 667 | 8.9 | 23.1 | 27.2 | 30.8 |
| Jibou, Sălaj | 770 | 8.8 | 27.5 | 30.6 | 47.0 |
| Gătaia, Timiș | 405 | 8.5 | 18.8 | 18.3 | 27.0 |
| Arad, Arad | 10,071 | 8.0 | 24.9 | 35.6 | 62.9 |
| Cavnic, Maramureș | 304 | 8.0 | 21.3 | 33.2 | 53.0 |
| Mediaș, Sibiu | 2,514 | 7.6 | 15.7 | 23.1 | 17.4 |
| Ocna Sibiului, Sibiu | 227 | 7.6 | 13.1 | 16.6 | 21.9 |
| Turda, Cluj | 2,566 | 7.2 | 16.9 | 49.5 | 69.4 |
| Jimbolia, Timiș | 619 | 7.1 | 20.7 | 19.3 | 20.8 |
| Ocna Mureș, Alba | 772 | 6.7 | 16.4 | 29.5 | 40.9 |
| Deva, Hunedoara | 2,829 | 6.6 | 18.0 | 37.2 | 59.1 |
| Dumbrăveni, Sibiu | 355 | 6.6 | 12.3 | 23.8 | 40.8 |
| Ungheni, Mureș | 378 | 6.0 | 11.5 | 9.6 | 13.6 |
| Sânnicolau Mare, Timiș | 504 | 5.8 | 10.9 | 11.6 | 17.5 |
| Câmpia Turzii, Cluj | 972 | 5.6 | 15.1 | 35.5 | 44.7 |
| Copșa Mică, Sibiu | 220 | 5.6 | 18.9 | 45.9 | 48.7 |
| Beiuș, Bihor | 490 | 5.5 | 11.2 | 23.9 | 46.1 |
| Brașov, Brașov | 10,942 | 5.4 | 17.0 | 39.3 | 43.4 |
| Lupeni, Hunedoara | 809 | 5.0 | 19.5 | 35.5 | 41.9 |
^ By maternal language.