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Simeria (; ; ) is a town in
Hunedoara County Hunedoara County () is a county (''județ'') of Romania, in Transylvania, with its capital city at Deva, Romania, Deva. The county is part of the Danube–Criș–Mureș–Tisa Euroregion. Name In Hungarian language, Hungarian, it is known as , ...
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Transylvania Transylvania ( or ; ; or ; Transylvanian Saxon dialect, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Siweberjen'') is a List of historical regions of Central Europe, historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and ...
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Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...
, and an important
railway Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...
junction with a hump yard. Six villages are administered by the town: Bârcea Mare (''Nagybarcsa''), Cărpiniș (''Gyertyános''), Simeria Veche (''Ópiski''), Sântandrei (''Szentandrás''), Șăulești (''Sárfalva''), and Uroi (''Arany''). The town lies on the banks of the
Mureș River Mureș may refer to: * Mureș County, Romania * Mureș (river) in Romania and Hungary (''Maros'') * Mureș culture, a Bronze Age culture from Romania See also * Târgu Mureș, the capital of Mureș County * Ocna Mureș, a town in Alba Cou ...
, near where the Strei River discharges into it. It is located in the central part of Hunedoara County, between the
Apuseni Mountains The Apuseni Mountains (, "Western Mountains"; , "Transylvanian Mountains") are a mountain range in Transylvania, Romania, which belongs to the Western Romanian Carpathians. The highest peak is the Bihor Peak at . The Apuseni Mountains have ab ...
to the north and the Retezat Mountains to the south.


Natives

* Ilona Dajbukát (1892–1976), Hungarian actress * Rudolf Eisenmenger (1902–1994), Austrian artist * Ferenc Feketehalmy-Czeydner (1890–1946), Hungarian military officer * Sigismund Toduță (1908–1991), Romanian composer, musicologist, and academic


References

Towns in Romania Populated places in Hunedoara County Localities in Transylvania {{Hunedoara-geo-stub