Sovata

Sovata ( ; ; Hungarian pronunciation : ) is a town in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania. Three villages are administered by the town: Căpeți (Kopac), Ilieși (Illyésmező), and Săcădat (Szakadát). In 2004, the village of Sărățeni broke away to form an independent commune. As well as being a spa town, Sovata is on the route of the Via Transilvanica long-distance trail, which also passes through the village of Săcădat.

Sovata ( ; ; Hungarian pronunciation : ) is a town in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania. Three villages are administered by the town: Căpeți (Kopac), Ilieși (Illyésmező), and Săcădat (Szakadát). In 2004, the village of Sărățeni broke away to form an independent commune. As well as being a spa town, Sovata is on the route of the Via Transilvanica long-distance trail, which also passes through the village of Săcădat. ==Geography== The town is part of the Székely Land region of the historical Transylvania province. It is located in the eastern part of Mureș County, on the border with Harghita County; the county capital, Târgu Mureș, is to the west. Sovata lies at the foot of the Gurghiu Mountains, at an altitude between . It is situated between the river Corund and the valley of the Târnava Mică. The river Sovata discharges into the Târnava Mică in the town. Sovata can be reached from Târgu Mureș, Miercurea-Ciuc, and Odorheiu Secuiesc on the national road and from Reghin on a connection road. ==History== The first data about Sovata are from 1578. By 1583 it was already a village. For 42 years, from 1876 until 1918, the village belonged to the Maros-Torda County of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire. Due to its salty lakes and warm water it became an increasingly popular health resort during the end of the 19th and the 20th century. It gained the status of town in 1952. Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.7) id:sfondo value:rgb(1,1,1) id:barra value:rgb(0.6,0.7,0.8) ImageSize = width:260 height:200 PlotArea = left:50 bottom:50 top:30 right:30 DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:14000 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:2000 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:500 start:0 BackgroundColors = canvas:sfondo BarData= bar:1956 text:1956 bar:1966 text:1966 bar:1977 text:1977 bar:1992 text:1992 bar:2002 text:2002 bar:2011 text:2011 bar:2021 text:2021 PlotData= color:barra width:20 align:left bar:1956 from:0 till: 6498 bar:1966 from:0 till: 7582 bar:1977 from:0 till: 10482 bar:1992 from:0 till: 12112 bar:2002 from:0 till: 11614 bar:2011 from:0 till: 10385 bar:2021 from:0 till: 9703 PlotData= bar:1956 at: 6498 fontsize:S text: 6,498 shift:(-7,5) bar:1966 at: 7582 fontsize:S text: 7,582 shift:(-11,5) bar:1977 at: 10482 fontsize:S text: 10,482 shift:(-15,5) bar:1992 at: 12112 fontsize:S text: 12,112 shift:(-15,5) bar:2002 at: 11614 fontsize:S text: 11,614 shift:(-15,5) bar:2011 at: 10385 fontsize:S text: 10,385 shift:(-15,5) bar:2021 at: 9703 fontsize:S text: 9,703 shift:(-15,5) TextData= fontsize:S pos:(20,20) text: Census Data. Graphics made by Wikipedia. ==Spa== The geological events in 1875 gave birth to the Bear Lake, which is unique in Europe, its water being helio-thermal and salty, with purported therapeutic effects for chronic gynaecological symptoms, severe rheumatic pains, peripheral nervous system, and post-accidental motor diseases. There are four more salty lakes: Nut Lake, Black Lake, Red Lake, and Green Lake. In the interwar period, Sovata became one of the most fashionable spas in the country, visited several times even by the Romanian Royal Family. ==People from Sovata== Nahum (Nachum) Gantz Ostolish (1926–2005), a Knesset (parliamentary) candidate, local head of Mapai party and moshav (type of farm) movement and co-founder of Kfar Ahim moshav , Israel, father of Benny Gantz, leading Israeli politician ==References== ==External links== Resort Sovata

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