Târnăveni
Târnăveni Sankt Martin Dicsőszentmárton |
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Basic data | ||||
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State : | Romania | |||
Historical region : | Transylvania | |||
Circle : | Mureș | |||
Coordinates : | 46 ° 20 ' N , 24 ° 17' E | |||
Time zone : | EET ( UTC +2) | |||
Height : | 300 m | |||
Area : | 60.39 km² | |||
Residents : | 22,075 (October 20, 2011) | |||
Population density : | 366 inhabitants per km² | |||
Postal code : | 545600 | |||
Telephone code : | (+40) 02 65 | |||
License plate : | MS | |||
Structure and administration (as of 2016) | ||||
Community type : | Municipality | |||
Structure : | 3 districts / cadastral communities: Bobohalma , Botorca , Cuștelnic | |||
Mayor : | Sorin Nicolae Megheșan ( PNL ) | |||
Postal address : | Piața Primăriei nr. 7 loc. Târnăveni, jud. Mureș, RO-545600 |
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Târnăveni , old spelling Tîrnăveni [ ˈtɨrnəvenʲ ] (until 1943 Diciosânmartin , German Sankt Martin , Hungarian Dicsőszentmárton ), is a town in the Mureş district in Transylvania , Romania . It is located on the Târnava Mică ( Little Kokel ) river.
population
The city had around 26,500 inhabitants in 2007.
Culture and sights
- The city museum was opened in 1962 and shows an important collection of archaeological ethnographic pieces and works from the area around Târnăveni.
- The Unitarian Church (originally a Roman Catholic Martinskirche ) was built in the 15th century in the Gothic style.
- Also worth seeing are the Orthodox St. Treime Church (built between 1939 and 1940), the Orthodox Georgskirche and today's Catholic Martinskirche.
- About 15 km from Târnăveni in the direction of Blaj is a medieval castle built between 1570 and 1580.
- Another tourist destination is the Corona Forest, on a hill above the city between the Mureș and Târnava Mică rivers .
City partnerships and friendships
- Halle in Westphalia, Germany
- Hajdúszoboszló , Hungary
sons and daughters of the town
- György Szabó (1920–2011), philologist
- György Ligeti (1923-2006), Hungarian-Austrian composer
- Attila Demjén (1926–1973), painter
- Gyula Maurer (1927–2012), mathematician
- Árpád Bényi (1931–2006), Hungarian painter
- Emil Petru (1939–1995), Romanian football player
- Tibor Pálffy (* 1967), actor
Web links
Commons : Târnăveni - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2011 census in Romania at citypopulation.de
- ↑ György Szabó on helikon.ro , accessed on January 17, 2014
- ↑ Attila Demjén on hung-art.com , accessed on January 17, 2014
- ↑ Gyula Maurer at www.szabadsag.ro , accessed on January 17, 2014
- ↑ Árpád Bényi on artportal.hu , accessed on January 17, 2014
- ↑ Tibor Pálffy on imdb , accessed on January 17, 2014