Sânnicolau Mare (Oraş Sânnicolau Mare)
Sânnicolau Mare (Nagyszentmiklós; Groß St. Nikolaus; Banat Swabian: Sanniklos; Велики Семиклуш; Banat Bulgarian: Smikluš) is a town in Timiș County, Romania, and the westernmost of the country. Located in the Banat region, along the borders with Serbia and Hungary, it has a population of just over 14,000.
Sânnicolau Mare is the westernmost town of Romania and Timiș County, being also the third largest town after Timișoara and Lugoj. It is a border town, having 6 km of border with Hungary, on the unregularized course of the Mureș River. It covers an area of 133.92 km2, 1.55% of the area of Timiș County. It borders Saravale to the east, Tomnatic to the south, Teremia Mare to the southwest, Dudeștii Vechi to the west and Cenad to the northwest.
The town has a number of 112 streets with a length of 60.85 km, arranged perpendicular to each other. The length of the town is 4 km, and the width is 3.2 km. The houses are arranged according to the alignment of the streets and mostly with the length perpendicular to the axis of the street, being parallel to each other. It is divided into 106 rectangle- (70%), square- (20%) and multiform-shaped (10%) blocks and has nine neighborhoods, built along its historical stages:
* Bujak
* Centru
* Capul Satului
* Comuna Germană
* Kindărești
* Primăverii
* Satul Nou
Sânnicolau Mare is the westernmost town of Romania and Timiș County, being also the third largest town after Timișoara and Lugoj. It is a border town, having 6 km of border with Hungary, on the unregularized course of the Mureș River. It covers an area of 133.92 km2, 1.55% of the area of Timiș County. It borders Saravale to the east, Tomnatic to the south, Teremia Mare to the southwest, Dudeștii Vechi to the west and Cenad to the northwest.
The town has a number of 112 streets with a length of 60.85 km, arranged perpendicular to each other. The length of the town is 4 km, and the width is 3.2 km. The houses are arranged according to the alignment of the streets and mostly with the length perpendicular to the axis of the street, being parallel to each other. It is divided into 106 rectangle- (70%), square- (20%) and multiform-shaped (10%) blocks and has nine neighborhoods, built along its historical stages:
* Bujak
* Centru
* Capul Satului
* Comuna Germană
* Kindărești
* Primăverii
* Satul Nou
Map - Sânnicolau Mare (Oraş Sânnicolau Mare)
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ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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RON | Romanian leu | lei | 2 |
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HU | Hungarian language |
RO | Romanian language |