Sighetu Marmației

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municipality town

Sighetu Marmației is a town in northern Romania’s Maramureș region, known as the birthplace of Nobel laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Maramureș County 1
Sighet 1
Sighetu Marmației municipality 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality ⓘ
town ⓘ
administrativeCenterOf Sighetu Marmației self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sighetu Marmației municipality
borderWith Ukraine ⓘ
country Romania ⓘ
governedBy local council of Sighetu Marmației ⓘ
hasAreaCode +40 ⓘ
hasCulturalEvent local folk festivals ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritage Maramureș wooden architecture ⓘ
traditional Maramureș costumes ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity services ⓘ
small-scale industry ⓘ
trade ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitutionType high school ⓘ
primary school ⓘ
secondary school ⓘ
hasMemorial Elie Wiesel Memorial House ⓘ
Holocaust remembrance ⓘ
surface form: Holocaust memorials
hasMinorityCommunity Hungarian ⓘ
Roma ⓘ
Ukrainian ⓘ
hasMuseum Memorial of the Victims of Communism and of the Resistance ⓘ
hasPostalCodePrefix 4355 ⓘ
hasReligiousCommunity Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ
surface form: Greek Catholic

Jewish ⓘ
Reformed ⓘ
Roman Catholic ⓘ
Romanian Orthodox Church ⓘ
surface form: Romanian Orthodox
hasTransport railway station ⓘ
regional bus connections ⓘ
hasTwinTown various European towns ⓘ
historicalRegion Maramureș region ⓘ
surface form: Maramureș

Transylvania ⓘ
isBirthplaceOf Elie Wiesel ⓘ
languageOfficial Romanian language ⓘ
surface form: Romanian
locatedIn Sighetu Marmației self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Maramureș County

Maramureș region ⓘ
Maramureș region ⓘ
surface form: northern Romania
locatedOnRiver Tisa River ⓘ
nearBorderWith Ukraine ⓘ
notableFor Holocaust history ⓘ
Jewish heritage ⓘ
birthplace of Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel ⓘ
partOf historical region of Maramureș ⓘ
timeZone Eastern European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST Eastern European Summer Time ⓘ
usesCurrency Romanian leu ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sighetu Marmației → administrativeCenterOf → Sighetu Marmației self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sighetu Marmației municipality
Sighetu Marmației → locatedIn → Sighetu Marmației self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maramureș County
Elie Wiesel → placeOfBirth → Sighetu Marmației ⓘ
Eliezer → placeOfBirth → Sighetu Marmației ⓘ
subject surface form: Eliezer Wiesel
Night → settingLocation → Sighetu Marmației ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sighet