Petrești (German: Petrifeld; Hungarian: Mezőpetri, Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈmɛzøːpɛtri]) is a commune of 1,388 inhabitants situated in Satu Mare County, Romania.

In 1740, count Sándor Károlyi colonized the village with a German population.

At the 2002 census, the commune had a population of 1,683; of those, 794 (47.17%) were Hungarians, 530 (31.49%) Germans (Sathmar Swabians), 199 (11.82%) Romanians, and 159 (9.44%) Roma.

[3] At the 2021 census Petrești had a population of 1,388; of those, 39.55% were Germans, 39.05% were Hungarians, 10.66% Romanians, and 5.19% Roma.

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