Sarmasu is located in the north-western part of the Transylvanian Plain, on the upper course of the Pârâul de Câmpie River, about 50-60 km from the surrounding cities: Cluj Napoca, Bistrita, Reghin, Târgu Mures, Ludus.
     The town was very important for a large part of the Transylvanian Plain, being the witness of many important events from the local and national history. Ancient place of living, it was first historically certified in 1329. The traces found date from the Neolithic Age, such as the Cotofeni type ceramic, belonging to a population whose main occupation was the cultivation of land. Its inhabitants took part in the 1848 revolution, where Alexandru Chiorean, prefect, and Vasile Simionis, spokesman of the region, stood out during the Avram Iancu administration.
     World War II did not pass without affecting the city of Sarmas: the massacres of Sarmas and Sarmasel are not to be forgotten. The place was given the attribute of a small rural district in the Cluj County, and in 1952 it became the residence of the department with the same name. Starting from 1960, it became a village of the Mures County, and in 2003 it was declared city.
     Sarmas has a rather developed economic activity for a settlement that seems somehow isolated. Sarmas is known for the methane gas deposits, it was here that the first gas drilling installation from Transylvania was established on the 6th of February, 1908, bringing about specific investments, pushing other industries to develop, such as: services, wood processing, furniture factory, and so on.
     The local art museum hosts many religious unique objects, that were introduced in the national patrimony. Most representative tourism sites are the Wooden Orthodox Church with steeple of Sarmasel, (1692), brought here from the village of Dâmbu, and the Wooden Orthodox Church "St. Archanghels", dating from the 19th century.
     They predict an important development of the city, both as a place in itself and as a center of influence of the area.