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Also known as Tarnaveni, Dicsőszentmárton, Sankt Martin, Târnǎveni

Târnăveni (, historically Diciosânmartin; Hungarian: Dicsőszentmárton, ; German: Sankt Martin, earlier Marteskirch) is a city in Mureș County, central Romania. It lies on the Târnava Mică River in central Transylvania. The city administers three villages: Bobohalma (Bábahalma), Botorca (Őrhegy), and Cuștelnic (Csüdőtelke); the last was part of Gănești Commune until 2002.

Key facts

Romanian subdivision.type
municipality
Romanian subdivision.county
Mureș
Romanian subdivision.official_name
Târnăveni
Romanian subdivision.image_shield
ROU MS Tarnaveni CoA.jpg
Romanian subdivision.image_map
Tarnaveni jud Mures.png
Romanian subdivision.map_caption
Location in Mureș County
Romanian subdivision.leader_name
Sorin Megheșan
Romanian subdivision.leader_term
2024–2028
Romanian subdivision.leader_party
PNL
Romanian subdivision.elevation
300
Romanian subdivision.area_total
60.39
Romanian subdivision.population_total
auto
Romanian subdivision.postal_code
545600
Romanian subdivision.area_code
(+40) 02 65

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Official name
Târnăveni
Located in
Mureș County
Population
20604
Area
60.390000
Elevation
300.000000
Time zone
UTC+03:00
Official website
www.primariatarnaveni.ro
Image
OrTarnaveniMS (32).JPG
Licence plate code
MS
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Commons category
Târnăveni
contains settlement
Cuștelnic
postal code
545600
native label
Sankt Martin
topic's main category
Category:Târnăveni
phone number
+40-265443400
street address
Piaţa Primăriei nr. 7, oraşul Târnăveni, judeţul Mureş
twinned administrative body
Hajdúszoboszló
population by native language
2440
email address
mailto:[email protected]
inception
1217-00-00
historical region
Transylvania
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Encyclopedic overview

17 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Prehistoric period
  • Antiquity
  • Middle Ages
  • Early modern period
  • Interbellum period
  • World War II
  • Communist period
  • Jewish history
  • Geography
  • Demographics
  • Culture
  • Natives
  • International relations
  • Twin towns — Sister cities
  • See also
  • Notes

Târnăveni (, historically Diciosânmartin; Hungarian: Dicsőszentmárton, ; German: Sankt Martin, earlier Marteskirch) is a city in Mureș County, central Romania. It lies on the Târnava Mică River in central Transylvania. The city administers three villages: Bobohalma (Bábahalma), Botorca (Őrhegy), and Cuștelnic (Csüdőtelke); the last was part of Gănești Commune until 2002.

In Romanian, it was previously known as Diciosânmartin, then Târnava-Sânmărtin.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Târnăveni” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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