Sânmihaiu de Câmpie () is a commune in

Bistrița-Năsăud County Bistrița-Năsăud () is a county (județ) of Romania, in Transylvania, with its capital city at Bistrița. Name In Hungarian language, Hungarian, it is known as ''Beszterce-Naszód megye'', and in German language, German as ''Kreis Bistritz-N ...

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. It is composed of six villages: Brăteni (''Mezőbarátfalva''), La Curte (''Köbölkútitanyák''), Sălcuța (''Fűzkút''), Sânmihaiu de Câmpie, Stupini (''Mezősolymos'') and Zoreni (''Lompérd''). The commune is located in the southern part of the county, on the

Transylvanian Plateau The Transylvanian Plateau (; ) is a plateau in central Romania. Description The plateau lies within and takes its name from the historical region of Transylvania, and is almost entirely surrounded by the Eastern Carpathians, Eastern, Southern ...

. It lies from the county seat,

Bistrița (; , archaic , Transylvanian Saxon: , ) is the capital city of Bistrița-Năsăud County, in northern Transylvania, Romania. It is situated on the Bistrița River. The city has a population of 78,877 inhabitants as of 2021 and administers s ...

, close to the borders with Mureș and

Cluj Cluj-Napoca ( ; ), or simply Cluj ( , ), is a city in northwestern Romania. It is the second-most populous city in the country and the seat of Cluj County. Geographically, it is roughly equidistant from Bucharest (), Budapest () and Belgrade ( ...

counties;

Târgu Mureș Târgu Mureș (, ; ; German language, German: ''Neumarkt am Mieresch'') is the seat of Mureș County in the historical region of Transylvania, Romania. It is the list of cities and towns in Romania, 16th-largest city in Romania, with 116,033 ...

is to the south, while

Cluj-Napoca Cluj-Napoca ( ; ), or simply Cluj ( , ), is a city in northwestern Romania. It is the second-most populous city in the country and the seat of Cluj County. Geographically, it is roughly equidistant from Bucharest (), Budapest () and Belgrade ( ...

is to the west. Sânmihaiu de Câmpie is traversed by

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DJ151 and DJ162. The commune has a train station that serves the

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Line 406, which comes from

Bistrița Bârgăului Bistrița Bârgăului () is a commune in Bistrița-Năsăud County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Bistrița Bârgăului and Colibița (''Kolibica''). The commune is located in the eastern part of the county, on the border ...

and and leads to the town of

Luduș Luduș (; Hungarian: ''Marosludas'' or ''Ludas''; Hungarian pronunciation: , German: ''Ludasch'') is a town in Transylvania, Romania in Mureș County, south-west from the county's capital, Târgu Mureș. Six villages are administered by the to ...

in Mureș County. Sights include the and the . At the 2011 census, Sânmihaiu de Câmpie had a population of 1,459. According to the census, 85.74% of inhabitants are

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, 8.7%

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, and 2.26%

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Natives

Ioan Fiscuteanu Ioan Fiscuteanu (; 19 November 1937 – 8 December 2007) was a Romanian theater and film actor. He last worked at the in Târgu Mureș. Fiscuteanu was born in Sânmihaiu de Câmpie, Bistrița-Năsăud County. He graduated from the I.L. Ca ...

(1937–2007), theater and film actor * (1884–?), farmer and delegate at the

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of December 1, 1918

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