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

NATO (through Romania)
linked to: NATO
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 (historical)
linked to: Kingdom of Hungary

Székely Seats (historical)
linked to: Székelys
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
Székely Hungarians
linked to: Székelys
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
Vilvoorde hasTwinTown Miercurea Ciuc
subject linked to: municipality of Vilvoorde
Eastern Transylvania contains Miercurea Ciuc
subject linked to: eastern Transylvania
Székely Land majorCity Miercurea Ciuc
HSC Csíkszereda homeCity Miercurea Ciuc
subject linked to: HSC Csíkszereda (ice hockey)
HSC Csíkszereda homeArenaCity Miercurea Ciuc
subject linked to: HSC Csíkszereda (ice hockey)
Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania campus in Miercurea Ciuc locatedIn Miercurea Ciuc
Csíkszereda hasOfficialName Miercurea Ciuc
subject linked to: Csíkszereda (Hungarian)
Csíkszereda hasNameInLanguage Miercurea Ciuc (Romanian)
subject linked to: Csíkszereda (Hungarian)
linked to: Miercurea Ciuc
Csíkszereda isAdministrativeCenterOf Municipiu Miercurea Ciuc
subject linked to: Csíkszereda (Hungarian)
linked to: Miercurea Ciuc
Szereda refersTo Miercurea Ciuc
subject linked to: Szereda (colloquial Hungarian)
Csíkszereda officialNameInLanguage Miercurea Ciuc
subject linked to: Szereda (colloquial Hungarian)
Szereda hasOfficialCounterpart Miercurea Ciuc
subject linked to: Szereda (colloquial Hungarian)
Mikó Castle locatedIn Miercurea Ciuc
Millennium Temple locatedIn Miercurea Ciuc
Csíkszereda City Days heldInCity Miercurea Ciuc
Miercurea Ciuc City Hall locatedIn Miercurea Ciuc
Miercurea Ciuc City Hall governs Miercurea Ciuc
Csíkszereda hasOfficialName Miercurea Ciuc
Csíkszereda hasNameInLanguage Miercurea Ciuc (Romanian)
linked to: Miercurea Ciuc
Csíkszereda isHungarianExonymFor Miercurea Ciuc
Székelyudvarhely hasTwinTown Miercurea Ciuc
Harghita Mountains nearbyCity Miercurea Ciuc
Ciuc Basin hasMajorTown Miercurea Ciuc
Ciuc Basin containsSettlement Miercurea Ciuc
Ciuc Basin hasAdministrativeCenter Miercurea Ciuc
Bălan hasCountySeat Miercurea Ciuc
Bălan roadConnectionTo Miercurea Ciuc
DN12 connects Miercurea Ciuc
Baraolt roadConnectionTo Miercurea Ciuc
Odorheiu Secuiesc nearbyCity Miercurea Ciuc