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Poiana Sibiului

Coordinates: 45°48′20″N 23°43′49″E / 45.80556°N 23.73028°E / 45.80556; 23.73028
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Poiana Sibiului
Location in Sibiu County
Location in Sibiu County
Poiana Sibiului is located in Romania
Poiana Sibiului
Poiana Sibiului
Location in Romania
Coordinates: 45°48′20″N 23°43′49″E / 45.80556°N 23.73028°E / 45.80556; 23.73028
CountryRomania
CountySibiu
Established1537
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2024) Adrian-Pavel Iovi[1] (PSD)
Area
23.47 km2 (9.06 sq mi)
Population
 (2021-12-01)[2]
2,346
 • Density100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Postal code
557180
Vehicle reg.SB
Websitecomunapoianasibiului.ro

Poiana Sibiului (German: Pojana; Hungarian: Polyán) is a commune in Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Poiana Sibiului. The name means "the glade of Sibiu".

Position

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The village is situated in the Cindrel Mountains at an altitude of about 900 meters, 35 km west of the county capital Sibiu, in the Mărginimea Sibiului ethnographic area.

History

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The first written account dates from 1537. Compared with the neighbouring villages, Poiana is a later settlement of Romanian population that moved higher in the mountains presumably dislocated by Saxon settlements. The occupation shifted from agriculture to sheep-herding, which remains even today the main occupation.

References

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  1. ^ "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.