Șugag

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Șugag
Schugag
Sugág
Șugag coat of arms
Șugag (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Transylvania
Circle : Alba
Coordinates : 45 ° 46 '  N , 23 ° 38'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 46 '27 "  N , 23 ° 37' 45"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 457  m
Area : 253.11  km²
Residents : 2,726 (October 20, 2011)
Population density : 11 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : RO-517775
Telephone code : (+40) 02 58
License plate : FROM
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : local community
Structure : Șugag, Arți , Bârsana , Dobra , Mărtinie , Sidoştina , Tău-Bistra
Mayor : Constantin Jinar ( PNL )
Postal address : Str. Principală, no. 232
loc. Șugag, jud. Alba, RO-517775
Website :
Others
City Festival : In May, "Zi bade cu fluiera" (the shepherd's festival, musician with the flute )

Șugag [ ˈʃugag ] ( German  Schugag , Hungarian Sugág ) is a Romanian community in the Alba district in Transylvania .

Geographical location

Location of Gemeindeugag municipality in Alba district

The municipality of Șugag is located in the under forest in the south of the Alba district. Between the Șureanu Mountains (Mühlbach Mountains) and the Cindrel Mountains (Zibins Mountains ) on the upper reaches of the Sebeș (Mühlbach) - a left tributary of the Mureș - the approximately 6 kilometers long mountain village lies between the Căpâlna- (Lacul Căpâlna) in the north, and the Tău-Bistra reservoir (Lacul Tău-Bistra) in the south. At Drum național 67C - the so-called Transalpina - the place Șugag is 27 kilometers south of Sebeş (Mühlbach) ; the district capital Alba Iulia (Karlsburg) is 44 kilometers north of Șugag.

The Transalpina or the "King's Path" (Drumul Regelui) - only partially asphalted - is the highest national road in Romania in the Transylvanian Alps at Pasul Urdele ( 2145  m ) .

history

In the area of ​​the place - on an area called Vârful lui Pătru by the locals - there are the ruins of a Roman fort.

The place Șugag as such was first mentioned in 1750 under the name Schugag .

Today the inhabitants live mainly from cattle breeding (especially sheep) and wood processing.

population

The population of the municipality developed as follows:

census Ethnic composition
year population Romanians Hungary German other
1850 1,222 1,215 - - 7th
1900 2,084 2,070 10 2 2
1941 2,276 2,273 - - 3
1977 6,925 6,676 215 27 7th
2002 3,239 3.211 25th 2 1
2011 2,726 2,628 8th - 90

The highest number of inhabitants in today's municipality - both Romanians and Hungarians - was determined in 1977 and has fallen dramatically since then. The highest population of Germans (33) was registered in 1920 and that of Roma (7) in 1850. In addition, two residents identified themselves as Ukrainians in 1900, one each in 1910 and 1977, and one as Slovak in 1966 .

Attractions

  • The Romanian Orthodox Church of Șugag.
  • The ugag Municipality Village Museum.
  • The Țeț monastery ( Sfântul Mare Mucenic Gheorghe ), built in 1955. A wooden church and living quarters were built on the site of the monastery in 1979–1999. 25 nuns live in the monastery, 25 kilometers south of the village of Șugag.
  • The Oașa monastery ( Adormirea Maicii Domnului and Sfântul Mare Mucenic Pantelimon ), whose wooden church was rebuilt here in 1983 because of the Fetița reservoir , is located about 42 kilometers south of Șugag. Located at an altitude of about 1400 m, the monastery was originally inhabited by nuns; Because of the difficult access - mainly in winter - 20 monks have lived in the monastery since June 1, 2000.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB)
  2. ↑ Mayoral elections 2016 in Romania ( MS Excel ; 256 kB)
  3. ↑ List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture, updated 2010 (PDF; 7.10 MB)
  4. ↑ Șugag ( Memento of April 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ Census, last updated October 30, 2008, p. 177 (Hungarian; PDF; 1.2 MB)
  6. ↑ a b Website of the Șugag municipality, accessed on July 3, 2010
  7. ↑ a b Orthodox monasteries of Alba Iulia, on www.reintregirea.ro, accessed on July 3, 2010 (Romanian)