Saravale

Saravale (colloquially Sarafola; ; or Sarafol; ) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Saravale. It was part of Sânpetru Mare commune until 2004, when it was split off. == Etymology == The Hungarian name of the village can be translated as "mud village": sár ("mud") + falva ("village"). Historically, the Romanians called the village Sarafola, a name that is still used today by some inhabitants. The name Saravale has been used since 11 September 1926, when the communal council unanimously decided that the village should have this name. According to local tradition, the foundations of this settlement were laid by the Roman colonists who, arriving in these parts of Dacia, at dusk one day, towards evening, stopped in this valley watered by Aranca River and, delighted by the beauty of the place, gave it the name of Saravale (a corruption of the Romanian expression seara-n vale ("evening in the valley").

== Geography == === Relief === Aranca Plain is located in the westernmost part of Romania, between the Mureș River and the Jimbolia Plain, being the newest and lowest Mureș plain. The territory lies within the Mureș Plain which is a typical form of fluvio-lacustrine subsidence, with shallow valleys with abandoned riverbeds resulting from the regularization of watercourses and drainage, having an altitude between . The northern part is located in the former meadow of Mureș, and the southern part in the former meadow of the old Aranca stream.