Poiana Sibiului
<templatestyles src="Module:Hatnote/styles.css"></templatestyles>
| Poiana Sibiului | |
|---|---|
| Commune | |
| Location of Poiana Sibiului, Sibiu Location of Poiana Sibiului, Sibiu |
|
 Poiana Sibiului
|
|
| Coordinates: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |
| Country |  Romania |
| County | Sibiu County |
| Status | Commune |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Lazăr Constantin (Conservative Party) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 23.47 km2 (9.06 sq mi) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 2,807 |
| • Density | 119/km2 (310/sq mi) |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Postal Code | 557180 |
| Website | http://www.cjsibiu.ro/ro/poiana.php |
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
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
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
<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
 |
This Sibiu County location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
