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{{Infobox Romanian subdivision
|type               = town
|county             = Hunedoara
|image_flag         =
|image_shield       = ROU HD Simeria CoA.jpg
|image_skyline      = File:Center Simeria.jpg
|image_caption      = Downtown Simeria
|image_location     = 
|image_map          = Simeria jud Hunedoara.png
|map_caption        = Location in Hunedoara County
|leader_name        = Iulius-Gelu Bedea<ref>{{cite web |url=https://prezenta.roaep.ro/locale27092020/romania-pv-final |title=Results of the 2020 local elections |publisher=Central Electoral Bureau |access-date=8 June 2021 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|leader_party       = PSD
|term               = 2020&ndash;2024
|coordinates        = {{coord|45|51|0|N|23|0|36|E|region:RO|display=it}}
|elevation          = 200
|elevation_min      = 
|elevation_max      = 
|area_total         = 49.75
|population_as_of   = 
|population_total   = auto
|population_footnotes = 
|postal_code        = 335900
|area_code          = (+40) 02 54
|website            = {{url|http://www.primariasimeria.ro}}
}}

'''Simeria''' ({{IPA|ro|siˈmeri.a}}; {{langx|de|Fischdorf}}; {{langx|hu|Piski}}) is a town in [[Hunedoara County]], [[Transylvania]], [[Romania]], and an important [[railway]] junction with a [[hump yard]]. Six villages are administered by the town: Bârcea Mare (''Nagybarcsa''), Cărpiniș (''Gyertyános''), Simeria Veche (''Ópiski''), Sântandrei (''Szentandrás''), Șăulești (''Sárfalva''), and Uroi (''Arany'').

The town lies on the banks of the [[Mureș (river)|Mureș River]], near where the [[Strei|Strei River]] discharges into it. It is located in the central part of Hunedoara County, between the [[Apuseni Mountains]] to the north and the [[Retezat Mountains]] to the south. 

==Natives==
*[[Ilona Dajbukát]] (1892–1976), Hungarian actress 
*[[Rudolf Eisenmenger]] (1902–1994), Austrian artist
*[[Ferenc Feketehalmy-Czeydner]] (1890–1946), Hungarian military officer
*[[Sigismund Toduță]] (1908–1991), Romanian composer, musicologist, and academic

{{Historical populations
|source = Census data
|1956 |7706
|1966 |9365
|1977 |13206
|1992 |14311
|2002 |14571
|2011 |12556
|2021 |11268
}}
==References==
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{{Gallery
|File:Piski allomas.jpg|Simeria railway station
|File:Dedacsi arboretum3.jpg|Simeria Arboretum
|File:Magura uroiului.jpg|Uroi Hill
|File:Village well uroi.jpg|Village well in Uroi
}}

{{Commons category|Simeria}}
{{Municipalities and Towns of Hunedoara County}}
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[[Category:Towns in Romania]]
[[Category:Populated places in Hunedoara County]]
[[Category:Localities in Transylvania]]

{{Hunedoara-geo-stub}}