Valea Viilor

Valea Viilor
wormhole
Nagybaromlak

Basic data

State :

Romania

Historical region :

Transylvania

Circle :

Sibiu

Coordinates :

46 ° 5 ' N , 24 ° 17' E Coordinates: 46 ° 4 '59 " N , 24 ° 16' 37" E

Time zone :

EET ( UTC +2)

Height :

331 m

Area :

44.16 km²

Residents :

1,873 (October 20, 2011)

Population density :

42 inhabitants per km²

Postal code :

557290

Telephone code :

(+40) 02 69

License plate :

SB

Structure and administration (as of 2016)

Community type :

local community

Structure :

Valea Viilor, Motiș

Mayor :

Ilie-Avram Pinte ( PSD )

Postal address :

Str. Principală, no. 342
loc. Valea Viilor, jud. Sibiu, RO-557290

Website :

www.valea-viilor.ro

Valea Viilor ( German wormhole , Hungarian Nagybaromlak ) is a municipality in the Sibiu district in Transylvania , Romania .

The place is also known under the earlier Romanian names Vorumloc or Vurmloc and the Hungarian Baromlaka .

Geographical location

Location of Valea Viilor in Sibiu County

Valea Viilor is located in the northern part of Sibiu County. On the Vorumloc river - a tributary of the Târnava Mare ( Great Kokel ) - the municipality is located in the hilly landscape of the Kokel valley . On the county road ( Drum județean ) DJ 142G the place is 6 kilometers south of the small town of Copşa Mică ; the district capital Sibiu is located approx. 50 kilometers south of Valea Viilor.

history

Valea Viilor, originally Vorumloc , was first mentioned (according to various sources) under the Hungarian name Baromlak in 1224 or 1305, when the Hungarian Count Apafi bequeathed the village to his son Gregor. The Transylvanian-Saxon Hörigendorf , initially owned by the nobility , was later able to join the Mediasch chair and thus become free. Until 1964, the place in Romania was led under the German-derived name Vorumloc , then renamed "Valea Viilor" (German meaning: valley of the vineyards).

population

The population of the municipality developed as follows:

census		Ethnic composition
year	population	Romanians	Hungary	German	other
1850	1,161	573	8th	1,144	236
1900	2,061	669	19th	1,373	-
1941	2,607	795	21st	1,666	125
1977	2,869	1.317	14th	1,500	28
1992	1.915	1,670	31	112	102
2002	2.008	1,922	46	21st	19th

The highest population in the area of today's municipality was determined in 1977, that of the Romanians in 2002, the Germans in 1941, the Hungarians in 2002 and that of the Roma in 1850. While in the area of the municipality since the census from 1850 to 1941 about twice as many Germans as Romanians lived, lived in the village of Valea Viilor themselves until about 1941, about equal parts Transylvanian Saxons and Romanians. Since the mass emigration of the Transylvanian Saxons in 1992, Romanians have almost always lived here.

Attractions

The fortified church of Wurmloch, built in the 14th century, was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1999 .
The 2003 bust of Marțian Negrea (1893–1973), a Romanian composer who was born in Vorumloc .