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Sânnicolau Mare (Banat Bulgarian: Smikluš, German: Groß Sankt Nikolaus, Hungarian: Nagyszentmiklós, English: Great Saint Nicholas ) is a town in Timiş County, Romania and the westernmost of the country. Located in the Banat region, it has a population of just under 13,000. It became part of Romania in 1919.
Sânnicolau Mare is known for the treasure of 23 gold objects discovered in 1799. They are currently on display in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna and the National Museum of History, Sofia. It is also the birthplace of Béla Bartók, a famous Hungarian composer.
[edit] Demographics
| Historical population of Sânnicolau Mare[1] |
| Year |
Population |
Romanians |
Hungarians |
Germans |
Serbs |
Bulgarians |
| 1880 |
10,836 |
31.3% |
10.8% |
41.2% |
11.4% |
N.D. |
| 1890 |
12,311 |
31.3% |
12.2% |
43.5% |
10.3% |
N.D. |
| 1900 |
12,639 |
33.1% |
15.3% |
41.1% |
9.8% |
N.D. |
| 1910 |
12,357 |
32.6% |
17.5% |
39% |
9.2% |
N.D. |
| 1920 |
10,900 |
36.1% |
10.6% |
40.1% |
N.D% |
N.D. |
| 1930 |
10,676 |
40% |
11.6% |
35.2% |
7.5% |
0.3% |
| 1941 |
10,640 |
42.1% |
10.1% |
35% |
N.D |
N.D |
| 1956 |
9,956 |
54.6% |
12.4% |
24.4% |
6.5% |
0.8% |
| 1966 |
11,428 |
59.4% |
10.9% |
21.8% |
6.4% |
1% |
| 1977 |
12,811 |
62.2% |
10.9% |
19% |
4.7% |
1.6% |
| 1992 |
13,083 |
73.4% |
10.6% |
5.9% |
4.6% |
3.1% |
| 2002[2] |
12,914 |
76.8% |
9.4% |
3.2% |
3.6% |
3.6% |
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