Remetea Mare is located in the center of Timiș County, 12 km (7.5 mi) east of Timișoara.

The area has been inhabited since the first Iron Age (Hallstatt culture, c. 1200–300 BC), as evidenced by recent archaeological discoveries.

It is only on Count Mercy's map from 1723 that the name Remeta appears, designating the estates here, one of which belongs to the Ambrózy family [hu].

Initially they sold the estate to other owners, but then they recovered it, and in 1720 Baron László Ambrózy built a mansion which is still preserved today.

During the Middle Ages it was inhabited and ruled by various local noblemen, as evidenced by the numerous feudal documents of change of ownership.

In Ianova are the ruins of a medieval fortification dating from the 14th–16th centuries and is located in the south of the village, in the place called "Turkish fortress" (Romanian: cetatea turcească).

This name was kept until 1893 when it was changed to Margitfalva, in honor of the village owner, Margit, wife of István Károlyi [hu].