Ocna Șugatag

Ocna Șugatag is a commune in Maramureș County, Maramureș, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Breb, Hoteni, Ocna Șugatag, and Sat-Șugatag.

Geography

The commune is located in the central-north part of Maramureș County, south of Sighetu Marmației and northeast of the county seat, Baia Mare. It is situated at an altitude of, in a hilly region on the eastern slopes of the Gutin Mountains, on the banks of the river Mara.
A spa resort, Ocna Șugatag is well known for its salt water. It is home to Lake Gavril, which covers an area of over and has a depth of about. Formed by the collapse of a salt mine more than 60 years ago, the lake is known for its anthropomorphic shape and for the fact that at the top it has a layer of fresh water, and at the bottom a layer of salt water.

At the 2011 census, Ocna Șugatag had 3,853 inhabitants; of those, 89.2% were Romanians, 8.3% Hungarians, and 2.3% Roma. At the 2021 census, the commune had a population of 3,617, of which 84.32% were Romanians, 5.2% Hungarians, and 3.12% Roma.