Sustainable Rural Development Model Project in the Carpathians

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Sânsimion

Number of inhabitants: 94

Positive facts

According to the locals: beautiful landscape, existing small enterprises (2), very old church, restored buildings (cultural house), old buildings.

Negative facts

According to the locals: poor road conditions, poor public transport, local stockmen often cannot fulfill requirements to sell the milk, the problem of waste management is unsolved, the old church needs restoration, there is no local parish, unemployment, lack of care for elder and/ or ill citizens, the condition of some public buildings, lack of solidarity, aging population, streetlights.

Opportunities for development

According to the locals: restoration of public buildings, rural tourism, pomology, cultivation of medicinal herbs, vegetables and flowers, animal husbandry, restoration of the old church, improvement of the social assistance system, homecare for the ill, bakery, repair of the roads.