Sovata is a town in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania.

Geography

Sovata is situated between the river Corund and the valley of the Târnava Mică. It can be reached from Târgu-Mureş, Miercurea-Ciuc and Odorheiu Secuiesc on the 13A main road and from Reghin on a connection road. Coordinates: 46°35’37.59″N / 25°4’31.96″E

Three villages are administered by the town:

• Căpeți / Kopac
• Ilieși / Illyésmező
• Săcădat / Szakadát
• In 2004, the village of Sărăteni broke away to form an independent commune.

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 gynecological 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.