Voila (Brașov)

Voila
wool
village Vojlea

Basic data

State :

Romania

Historical region :

Transylvania

Circle :

Brașov

Coordinates :

45 ° 49 ' N , 24 ° 50' E Coordinates: 45 ° 49 '4 " N , 24 ° 50' 26" E

Time zone :

EET ( UTC +2)

Height :

420 m

Area :

86.42 km²

Residents :

2,660 (October 20, 2011)

Population density :

31 inhabitants per km²

Postal code :

507260

Telephone code :

(+40) 02 68

License plate :

BV

Structure and administration (as of 2016)

Community type :

local community

Structure :

Voila, Cincşor , Dridif , Ludişor , Sâmbăta de Jos , Voivodeni

Mayor :

Gheorghe-Marian Osalciuc ( PNL )

Postal address :

Str. Principală, no. 124
loc. Voila, jud. Brașov, RO-507260

Voila ( German Wolldorf , Hungarian Vojlea ) is a municipality in the Brașov district , in the Transylvania region in Romania .

Geographical location

Location of Voila in Brașov County

The municipality of Voila is located in the south of the Transylvanian Basin in the northern foothills of the Fagaras Mountains (Munții Făgăraș) . In the west of the Brașov district at the mouth of the Breaza brook in the Olt (Alt) , on the Avrig – Făgăraş railway line and on the European route 68 , Voila is eleven kilometers west of the city of Făgăraş (Fogarasch) ; the district capital Brașov (Kronstadt) is located about 75 kilometers southeast of Voila.

history

The place Voila was first mentioned in 1231. According to archaeological finds on the area of the incorporated village of Cincșor (Kleinschenk), however, settlement in the region dates back to the Early Bronze Age . In the Kingdom of Hungary , the municipality of Voila was in Fagaras County .

Until 2003, today's municipality of Sâmbăta de Sus (Ober-Mühlendorf) also belonged to the municipality of Voila.

population

The population of the municipality of Voila developed as follows:

census		Ethnic composition
year	population	Romanians	Hungary	German	other
1850	5,717	4,921	22nd	582	192
1910	6,860	5,788	348	629	97
1941	6,377	5,474	51	587	265
1977	6.168	5,588	33	381	166
1992	4,794	4,254	48	91	401
2002	4,618	4,186	30th	40	362
2011	2,660	2,303	18th	8th	331

Since the official survey of 1850, the highest number of inhabitants - Romanians and Magyars at the same time - was registered in the territory of the municipality of Voila in 1910. The highest number of Romanian Germans (667) was determined in 1880 and that of Roma (401) in 1992. In addition, ten Slovaks were registered in 1910 (seven in 1910 and one in 1977) and four Ukrainians (two in 2002), and one Serb each in 1930 and 1966 .

Attractions

In the incorporated village of Cincșor (Kleinschenk) : the evangelical fortified church of the Transylvanian Saxons , built in the 13th century, renovated in the 19th, is a listed building.
In the incorporated village of Sâmbăta de Jos (Unter-Mühlendorf) the Brukenthal Castle , built between 1750 and 1760 by Josef von Brukenthal - the brother of Samuel von Brukenthal - has been owned by a forest company since 2002 and was in a desolate state in 2017. In 2020, only a few tiled stoves give an idea of the castle's former furnishings. The castle is a listed building.
In Sâmbăta de Jos the Romanian Orthodox Church Adormirea Maicii Domnului , built according to different statements in 1802 or 1806, are under monument protection.
In the incorporated village of Voivodeni, the church Adormirea Maicii Domnului , built in the 13th century and renewed in the 20th century, one of the oldest stone churches in the Fagaras region and the church of Sf. Nicolae erected in 1767. Both churches are under monument protection.