Tîrgu MureÈ
Tîrgu MureÈ (Hungarian: Marosvásárhely; German: Neumarkt ) is the seat of MureÈ County in the north-central part of Romania.
The first written reference to the city was in the Latin Novum Forum Siculorum in 1332 followed by mention as Sekulvasarhel (modern Hungarian: Székelyvásárhely), meaning "new market of the Székelys", in 1349. Geographically, Tîrgu MureÈ is distant 346 km from Bucharest, 480 km from Belgrade, 515 km from Budapest and 598 km from Sofia and is located in the MureÈ River valley. The city spreads out from Fortress Church in the center of the town, built in the 14th century, to form an area of 49.3 square kilometres. The city is located at the centre of the historical region of Transylvania and covers an area of 49.3 square kilometres (19.0 sq mi). It lies at the junction of three geographical regions of Transylvania (Transylvanian Plain, Mure? Valley and Niraj Valley) at 330 meters above sea level.
