Ocna Sibiului
Ocna Sibiului (German: Salzburg; Hungarian: Vízakna) is a town in the centre of Sibiu County, in southern Transylvania, central Romania, 10 km (6.2 mi) to the north-west of the county seat, Sibiu. The town administers a single village, Topârcea (Tschapertsch; Toporcsa).
Demographics
At the 2011 census, the town had 3,372 inhabitants, of which 89.4% were Romanians and 9.7% Hungarians. At the 2021 census, Ocna Sibiului had a population of 3,434; of those, 77.34% were Romanians, 6.61% Hungarians, and 2.82% Roma.
Natives
- Júlia Bányai (1824 – 1883), freedom fighter in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848
- Nicolae Cristea (1834 – 1902), Orthodox priest, professor, journalist, and political activist
- Ierusalima Gligor (1929 – 2021), nun, stavrophore, and hegumen
- Emil Hossu (1941 – 2012), actor
- Lajos Takács (1908 – 1982), jurist and communist politician
See also
References
- ^ "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
- ^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
Image gallery
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Bath pavilion
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Trajan Square
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Train station
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