Sânnicolau Mare

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Downtown Mendoza.jpg Sânnicolau Mare (also spelled Sînnicolau Mare, Banat Bulgarian: Smikluš, Template:Lang-de, Template:Lang-hu) 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.

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Demographics

Ethnic group	Number	Percentage
Romanians	9,951	76.9%
Hungarians	1,224	9.5%
Banat Bulgarians	462	3.6%
Serbs	452	3.5%
Germans	397	3.1%
Other	452	3.5%
Total	12,938	100%

Year	Population	Romanians	Hungarians	Germans	Serbs	Bulgarians
Historical population of Sânnicolau Mare<ref>Erdély etnikai és felekezeti statisztikája</ref>
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<ref>Recensamant 2001</ref>	12,914	76.8%	9.4%	3.2%	3.6%	3.6%