Poplaca

Poplaca Gunzendorf Popláka
Basic data
State :	Romania
Historical region :	Transylvania
Circle :	Sibiu
Coordinates :	45 ° 44 '  N , 24 ° 3'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 43 '37 "  N , 24 ° 3' 11"  E
Time zone :	EET ( UTC +2)
Height :	515  m
Area :	34.49  km²
Residents :	1,802 (October 20, 2011)
Population density :	52 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	557185
Telephone code :	(+40) 02 69
License plate :	SB
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type :	local community
Structure :	Poplaca, Poplaca II
Mayor :	Vasile Budin ( PSD )
Postal address :	Str. Principală, no. 572 loc. Poplaca, jud. Sibiu, RO-557185
Website :	www.comunapoplaca.ro

Poplaca ( German  Gunzendorf or more commonly Poplaka , Hungarian Popláka ) is a village in Transylvania in the Sibiu district , Romania .

location

View of the village at the foot of the Zibins Mountains .

The village church of Poplaca

The village lies in the mărginimea sibiului at the foot of the Cibin Mountains ( Munţii Cindrel ), the stream Valea Poplacii . On the district road ( drum județean ) DJ 105D, the place is twelve kilometers southwest of the district capital Sibiu ( Hermannstadt ).

history

The village was first mentioned in a document in 1488 under the name Walachi Gonczesdorff . Archaeological finds along the connecting road to Orlat , however, indicate a very early settlement of the area ( Eneolithic ).

Education, economy and social

There is a kindergarten and a primary school in Poplaca .

As in most of the “Mărginime” communities, most of the people in Poplaca also work in the fields of livestock (especially sheep ) and wood processing .

Attractions

• Orthodox village church from the 18th century, John the Baptist ordained
• Heroes' memorial for the fallen of the First World War (erected in 1939)

Web links

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

• Poplaca at ghidulprimariilor.ro

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania at citypopulation.de
2. ^ Sabin Adrian Luca, Zeno Karl Pinter, Adrian Georgescu: Repertoriu Sibiu 2003
3. ^ Romanian website with data table about Poplaca