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Miercurea Sibiului (German: Reußmarkt; Hungarian: Szerdahely) is a town in the west of Sibiu County, in southern Transylvania, central Romania, 34 km (21 mi) to the west of the county capital, Sibiu.

Miercurea Sibiului
Town
Historical center of Miercurea Sibiului
Location in Sibiu County
Miercurea Sibiului
Location in Romania
Coordinates: 45°53′N 23°47′E
CountryRomania
CountySibiu
Government
  Mayor (20202024) Ioan Troancă[1] (PNL)
Area
85.12 km2 (32.87 sq mi)
Elevation
230 m (750 ft)
Population
 (2011)[2]
3,910
  Density46/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Postal code
557150
Vehicle reg.SB
Websitewww.miercureasibiului.ro

Administration


Miercurea Sibiului was declared a town in 2004 and it is one of the smallest and least urbanised ones in the country.

The town administers two villages:

Also, 5 km away there is a small spa town, Băile Miercurea.

At the 2011 census, 83.1% of inhabitants were Romanians, 14.7% Roma, and 1.9% Germans.


Geography


The town lies on the contact area between the Transylvanian Plateau and the Cindrel Mountains, a massif in the Parâng Mountains group in the Southern Carpathians, on a small depression formed by the Secaș River. The river Dobârca is a left tributary of the Secaș that flows through the eponymous village. The river Apold and its left tributary, the Rod, flow through the village Apoldu de Sus.

Miercurea Sibiului has the following neighbors: to the north, the villages Boz, Drașov, and Cunța in Alba County; to the west, the villages Câlnic, Reciu, and Gârbova in Alba County; to the south, the communes Poiana Sibiului, Tilișca, and Jina in Sibiu County; and to the east, the village Aciliu and the commune Apoldu de Jos in Sibiu County.[3]

The town is situated on a main Romanian road link: the DN1 road between Sibiu and Sebeș, E68/E81 European routes. Miercurea Sibiului is also situated on the Căile Ferate Române Line 200, which runs from Brașov to Curtici.


History


Historical population
YearPop.±%
1850 1,371    
1910 2,055+49.9%
1941 2,065+0.5%
1977 2,585+25.2%
1992 2,021−21.8%
2002 4,063+101.0%
2011 3,792−6.7%
Source: Census data

The area was inhabited in ancient times by the Dacians; ox-headed Dacian bracelets from the Iron Age have been found in Apoldu de Sus village.

Since the 12th or 13th century the town was inhabited by Transylvanian Saxons and from 1355 it became one of the original seven seats of Saxondom from the Sibiu area.

The town is the place of birth of Ilie Măcelaru [ro] (1822–1891), a lawyer who participated in the 1848 revolution and a founding member of the Romanian National Party that was formed in Miercurea Sibiului on 17 March 1869. Other natives include:


Education


There is one secondary school in Miercurea Sibiului: the Ilie Măcelariu Technological High School.[4]




References


  1. "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  2. "Populaţia stabilă pe judeţe, municipii, oraşe şi localităti componenete la RPL_2011" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
  3. "Prezentare". www.miercureasibiului.ro (in Romanian). Miercurea Sibiului townhall. Retrieved September 13, 2021.
  4. "Liceul Tehnologic "Ilie Măcelariu" Miercurea Sibiului". www.liceulmiercureasibiului.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved September 19, 2021.



На других языках


[de] Miercurea Sibiului

Miercurea Sibiului (deutsch Reußmarkt, ungarisch Szerdahely) ist eine Kleinstadt in der Region Siebenbürgen in Rumänien.
- [en] Miercurea Sibiului

[ru] Мьеркуря-Сибиулуй

Мьеркуря-Сибиулуй (рум. Miercurea Sibiului, нем. Reußmarkt) — город в Румынии в составе жудеца Сибиу.



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