Orlat

Orlat
Winsberg
Orlát

Basic data

State :

Romania

Historical region :

Transylvania

Circle :

Sibiu

Coordinates :

45 ° 45 ' N , 23 ° 58' E Coordinates: 45 ° 45 '20 " N , 23 ° 58' 2" E

Time zone :

EET ( UTC +2)

Height :

486 m

Area :

59.02 km²

Residents :

3,205 (October 20, 2011)

Population density :

54 inhabitants per km²

Postal code :

557170

Telephone code :

(+40) 02 69

License plate :

SB

Structure and administration (as of 2016)

Community type :

local community

Mayor :

Aurel Gâță ( PNL )

Postal address :

St. Avram Iancu, no. 202
loc. Orlat, jud. Sibiu, RO-557170

Website :

www.primariaorlat.ro

Orlat ( German Winsberg , Hungarian Orlát ) is a village in the Sibiu district in Transylvania , Romania .

location

The church in Orlat

Orlat is located in the Sibiu district at the confluence of the Râul Săcel ( Schwarzbach ) in the Cibin ( Zibin ) about 17 kilometers southwest of the district capital Sibiu ( Hermannstadt ). The Romanian A1 motorway runs about two and a half kilometers north of Orlat.

Surname

Like almost all settlements in southern Transylvania, Orlat also has a German name ( Winsberg ), but, as is usual with the places in Mărginimea Sibiului , it is rarely used.

history

Orlat lies in the "Mărginimea Sibiului", an ethnically Romanian region in the south-west of the Transylvanian-Saxon villages around Sibiu. A Romanian border regiment was stationed in Orlat during the Austro-Hungarian monarchy .

Web links

Commons : Orlat - collection of images, videos and audio files

Orlat at ghidulprimariilor.ro

Individual evidence

↑ 2011 census in Romania at citypopulation.de

[1] 2011 census in Romania at citypopulation.de