Saravale (colloquially Sarafola; Hungarian: Sárafalva; German: Sarafeld or Sarafol; Serbian: Саравола, romanized: Saravola) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania.

[4] 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").

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 80–85 m (262–279 ft).

The polar circulation is determined by cyclones in the North Atlantic and is characterized by decreases in temperature, increased cloudiness and precipitation in the form of showers, and in winter the snow is accompanied by wind gusts.

The tropical circulation determines mild winters and significant amounts of precipitation, and in summer unstable weather with showers and lightning.

The tree vegetation, mostly planted by man, consists, among others, of black locust, mulberry and Sophora japonica, which before 1970–1975 was cultivated along the streets and in people's backyards.

Other common species include horse chestnut, poplar, willow and, quite rarely, Norway maple, ash and oak.