Miercurea Ciuc

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Miercurea Ciuc is a town in eastern Transylvania, Romania, known as a cultural center of the Székely Hungarian community and for its cold climate.

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Label Occurrences
Miercurea Ciuc canonical 8

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city
municipality
adminCenterOf Harghita County
areaCode +40 266
belongsTo European Union
surface form: European Union (through Romania)

NATO
surface form: NATO (through Romania)
climate humid continental climate
commonlySpokenLanguage Hungarian
country Romania
countrySubdivision Central Development Region of Romania
elevation about 662 meters above sea level
governingBody Miercurea Ciuc City Hall
hasAlternativeName Csíkszereda
Csíkszereda (Hungarian)
Szereda (colloquial Hungarian)
hasCulturalRole cultural center of the Székely Hungarian community
hasFestival Csíkszereda City Days (local festival)
hasIndustrialFacility Heineken Romania brewery (local beer production)
hasLandmark Mikó Castle
Millennium Temple (Roman Catholic church)
Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Cross
hasMinorityLanguageStatus Hungarian
hasMunicipalStatusSince 1968 (as county seat in current administrative form)
hasSportsTeam HSC Csíkszereda (ice hockey)
hasUniversity Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania campus
historicalRegion Kingdom of Hungary
surface form: Kingdom of Hungary (historical)

Székelys
surface form: Székely Seats (historical)
knownFor Székely Hungarian culture
being one of the coldest cities in Romania
cold climate
ice hockey tradition
locatedIn Harghita County
Transylvania
eastern Transylvania
locatedOnRiver Olt River
majorEthnicGroup Hungarians
Romanians
Székelys
surface form: Székely Hungarians
nearbyMountainRange Eastern Carpathians
officialLanguage Romanian
partOf Székely Land
population around 34,000 (approximate, early 2020s)
postalCode 530xxx
regionCode RO-HR
religion Roman Catholic (significant community)
Romanian Orthodox (significant community)
timeZone Eastern European Time
timeZoneDST Eastern European Summer Time
vehicleRegistrationCode HR

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Vilvoorde hasTwinTown Miercurea Ciuc
Olt River passesThrough Miercurea Ciuc
Transylvania containsCity Miercurea Ciuc
Gödöllő hasTwinTown Miercurea Ciuc
Harghita County capital Miercurea Ciuc
Harghita County seat Miercurea Ciuc
Harghita County containsCity Miercurea Ciuc
Harghita County administrativeCenter Miercurea Ciuc