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Sarmasu
is located in the north-western part of the Transylvanian
Plain, on the upper course of the Pârâul
de Câmpie River, about 50-60 km from the surrounding
cities: Cluj Napoca, Bistrita, Reghin, Târgu Mures,
Ludus.
The town was very important
for a large part of the Transylvanian Plain, being the
witness of many important events from the local and
national history. Ancient place of living, it was first
historically certified in 1329. The traces found date
from the Neolithic Age, such as the Cotofeni type ceramic,
belonging to a population whose main occupation was
the cultivation of land. Its inhabitants took part in
the 1848 revolution, where Alexandru Chiorean, prefect,
and Vasile Simionis, spokesman of the region, stood
out during the Avram Iancu administration.
World War II did not pass
without affecting the city of Sarmas: the massacres
of Sarmas and Sarmasel are not to be forgotten. The
place was given the attribute of a small rural district
in the Cluj County, and in 1952 it became the residence
of the department with the same name. Starting from
1960, it became a village of the Mures County, and in
2003 it was declared city.
Sarmas has a rather developed
economic activity for a settlement that seems somehow
isolated. Sarmas is known for the methane gas deposits,
it was here that the first gas drilling installation
from Transylvania was established on the 6th of February,
1908, bringing about specific investments, pushing other
industries to develop, such as: services, wood processing,
furniture factory, and so on.
The local art museum hosts
many religious unique objects, that were introduced
in the national patrimony. Most representative tourism
sites are the Wooden Orthodox Church with steeple of
Sarmasel, (1692), brought here from the village of Dâmbu,
and the Wooden Orthodox Church "St. Archanghels",
dating from the 19th century.
They predict an important
development of the city, both as a place in itself and
as a center of influence of the area.
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