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Simeria

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Downtown Simeria

Coat of arms

Location in Hunedoara County

Simeria

Location in Romania

Romania

Hunedoara

Iulius-Gelu Bedea^[1] (PSD)

49.75 km² (19.21 sq mi)

200 m (700 ft)

11,268

230/km² (590/sq mi)

EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)

(+40) 02 54

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www.primariasimeria.ro

Simeria (Romanian pronunciation: [siˈmeri.a]; German: Fischdorf; Hungarian: Piski) is a town in Hunedoara County, Transylvania, Romania, and an important railway 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, near where the Strei River discharges into it. It is located in the central part of Hunedoara County, between the Apuseni Mountains to the north and the Retezat Mountains to the south.

Natives[edit]

• 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

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14,311

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14,571

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References[edit]

Simeria Arboretum

Uroi Hill

Village well in Uroi

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