Sibiu County

Location of Sibiu County in Romania

Map of Sibiu

Coat of arms of the Sibiu County

Coat of arms of the Sibiu district, at the time of real socialism

Coat of arms of Sibiu County, in the interwar period

Small regions in Sibiu County.

Sibiu is a Romanian district ( Județ ) with the district town Hermannstadt (Romanian Sibiu ) in the planning region Centru (center) . Historically, it belongs to the Transylvania region . The license plate number and the common abbreviation for the circle is SB.

The Sibiu county is bordered to the north of the county Mures , in the east to the Braşov County , in the south of the circles Arges and Valcea and in the west to the Alba County .

From 2008 to 2012, Martin Bottesch of the Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania was the district council chairman.

Demographics

In 2002 the district had 421,724 inhabitants and a population density of 78 inhabitants per km². In 2011 it had 397,322 inhabitants, a population density of 73 inhabitants per km². In addition to Romanians , who make up the main population, there are still German-speaking and Hungarian -speaking parts of the population.

geography

The district has a total area of 5432 km², which corresponds to 2.27% of the area of Romania.

The southern part of the district is high alpine and includes the central part of the Southern Carpathians with peaks up to over 2500 m altitude ( Negoiu , Vânătarea lui Buteanu ). The northern and central part is hilly ( Harbach-Hochland , Zekesch-Hochland , Kokel-Hochland ) and is traversed by larger rivers such as the Alt in the south and the Great Kokel in the north in an east-west direction.

In Salzburg near Sibiu , salt deposits emerge in the transition layers from the mountains to the highlands, which were extracted thousands of years ago. Several salt lakes, such as the Oyster Lake , were created in the area by flooding salt pits .

cities and communes

Status of the localities

The Sibiu County officially consists of 187 localities. Of these, 11 have the status of a city , 53 that of a municipality and the rest are administratively assigned to cities and municipalities.

Biggest places

City / municipality	German name	Hungarian name	Residents
Sibiu ( municipality )	Sibiu	Nagyszeben	147.245
Mediaș (municipality)	Medias	Medgyes	047.204
Cisnădie	Heltau	Nagydisznód	014,282
Avrig	Freck	Felek	012,815
Agnita	Agnetheln	Szentágota	008,732
Dumbrăveni	Elisabethstadt	Erzsébetváros	007,388
Șelimbăr	Schellenberg	Sellenberk	007,028
Tălmaciu	Talmesch	Nagytalmács	006,905
Sălişte	Selischte	Szelistye	005,421
Rășinari	Urban village	Resinár	005,416
Copșa Mică	Small copy	Ciskapus	005,404
Roșia	Rothberg	Veresmart	005,241
Șeica Mare	Marktschelken	Nagyselyk	004,470
Miercurea Sibiului	Reuss market	Szerdahely	003,910
Șura Mare	Major chafing	Nagycsűr	003,769

Web links

Commons : Sibiu County - collection of images, videos and audio files

Sibiu County Council website
Map of Sibiu County. county.map2web

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b 2011 census in Romania ( memento of the original from August 18, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at citypopulation.de @1@ 2

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