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Ațel (German: Hetzeldorf; Hungarian: Ecel) is a commune in Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Ațel and Dupuș (Tobsdorf; Táblás). The commune first appears in written history in 1283 as villa Echelini. Later appearances in written documents are villa Heclini (1289), Hetzelini villa and villa Eczlen (1359), Ecczel (1365), and Heczeldorf (1548). A church is mentioned as of 1380.[3]
Ațel | |
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Commune | |
 Location in Sibiu County | |
  Ațel Location in Romania | |
| Coordinates: 46°09′N 24°28′E | |
| Country | Romania |
| County | Sibiu |
| Established | 1283 (first attested) |
| Subdivisions | Ațel, Dupuș |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2024) | Ioan-Ovidiu Aldea[1] (PNL) |
| Area | 27.21 km2 (10.51 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | 1,429 |
| • Density | 53/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| Time zone | EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3) |
| Postal code | 557020 |
| Vehicle reg. | SB |
| Website | Primăria Comunei Ațel (in Romanian) |
Population
Population number (grouped by ethnicity) from 1850 to 2011:
| Year | Romanians | Roma | Hungarians | Germans | Jews | Slovaks | Russians | Other/ Unknown | Total |
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| 1850 | 2,078 | 152 | 454 | 1,359 | 19 | - | - | - | 4,062 |
| 1992[4] | 2,672 | 205 | 585 | 263 | - | - | - | - | 3,726 |
| 2002[5] | 1,288 | 118 | 34 | 92 | - | 6 | - | 2 | 1,540 |
| 2011[6] | 1,138 | 154 | 20 | 77 | - | - | 3 | 37 | 1,429 |
Architecture
The fortified church of Ațel was built by Transylvanian Saxons and completed by the end of the 15th century; it is surrounded by double walls. Above the entrance rises the Old School tower, and close by is the Oat Tower. The fortified church of Dupuș was also built during the 15th century.
Notes
- "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
- "Populaţia stabilă pe judeţe, municipii, oraşe şi localităti componenete la RPL_2011" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
- Léstyán, Ferenc: Megszentelt kövek. A középkori erdélyi püspökség templomai, Budapest, Arcanum, 2003, ISBN 963-9374-74-1
- Varga E. Árpád: Erdély etnikai és felekezeti statisztikája (1850–1992)
- Aţel Commune Hall
- National Institute of Statistics
References
- Ațel at GEOnet Names Server
- Edroiu, Nicolae, Comuna Ațel : Studiu monografic complex, Editura Eurodidact, 2002 ISBN 973-85629-0-2
- Augustin Ioan, Hanna Derer. The Fortified Churches of the Transylvanian Saxons. Noi Media Print, 2004
External links
- (in Romanian) Information and photographs
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На других языках
[de] Ațel
Ațel [.mw-parser-output .IPA a{text-decoration:none}aˈtsel] (veraltet Oțel; deutsch Hetzeldorf, ungarisch Ecel)[3] ist ein Ort im Kreis Sibiu in der Region Siebenbürgen in Rumänien.- [en] Ațel
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