Avrig
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Avrig
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 Panoramic view of Avrig/Freck | |
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 Location in Sibiu County | |
  Avrig Location in Romania | |
| Coordinates: 45°42′29″N 24°22′29″E / 45.70806°N 24.37472°E | |
| Country | Romania |
| County | Sibiu |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2024) | Adrian-Dumitru David[1] (PNL) |
| Area | 133.36 km2 (51.49 sq mi) |
| Population (2021-12-01)[2] | 12,534 |
| • Density | 94/km2 (240/sq mi) |
| Time zone | EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3) |
| Vehicle reg. | SB |
| Website | primaria-avrig |
Avrig (Romanian pronunciation: [aˈvriɡ]; German: Freck/Fryck, Transylvanian Saxon: Freck/Fraek, Hungarian: Felek) is a town in Sibiu County, Transylvania, central Romania. It has a population of 12,815 and the first documents attesting its existence date to 1346. It officially became a town in 1989, as a result of the Romanian rural systematization program.
Demographics
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 14,965 | — |
| 2002 | 14,260 | −4.7% |
| 2011 | 12,815 | −10.1% |
| 2021 | 12,534 | −2.2% |
| Source: Census data | ||
At the 2011 census, 95.6% of inhabitants were Romanians, 2.1% Hungarians, 1.5% Roma, and 0.5% Germans (Transylvanian Saxons).
Administration and local politics
Town council
The town's current local council has the following multi-party political composition, based on the results of the votes cast at the 2020 Romanian local elections:[3]
| Party | Seats | Current Council | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Liberal Party (PNL) | 9 | ||||||||||
| Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania (FDGR/DFDR) | 3 | ||||||||||
| Social Democratic Party (PSD) | 2 | ||||||||||
| People's Movement Party (PMP) | 2 | ||||||||||
| Independent (Spiridon-Gafon Ioan) | 1 | ||||||||||
Geography
The town administers four villages: Bradu (Gierelsau; Fenyőfalva), Glâmboaca (Hühnerbach; Glimboka), Mârșa and Săcădate (Sekadaten; Oltszakadát). It is situated in the historical region of Transylvania.
It lies on the left bank of the
Economy
Avrig SA Glass Factory, a company specialized in lime mouthblown glass, started its origins in Avrig in the 17th century.[4]
Mârșa village is the site of the Mecanica Mârșa Works, which manufactures auto-trailers and military vehicles.[5]
Tourism
The most important objective in the town is the Brukenthal Summer Palace built in 1771, a baroque summer residence of baron Samuel von Brukenthal, the governor of Transylvania. Also two old churches can be found there: the evangelical church, built in the 13th century and fortified in the 16th century and the orthodox church, built in the 18th century.
Bradu village features a fortified church first attested in 1315, with the last major modification in 1804.
Natives
- Romulus Cândea (1886 – 1973), ecclesiastical historian
- Gheorghe Lazăr (1779 – 1823), founder of the first Romanian-language school
- Vasile Stoica (1889 – 1959), diplomat
Image gallery
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Brukenthal Summer Palace -
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The medieval fortified Evangelical Lutheran Transylvanian Saxon church of Avrig -
The medieval Evangelical Lutheran Transylvanian Saxon fortified church of Bradu village -
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Avrig in the Grand Duchy of Transylvania, 1769-1773 -
Avrig in Sibiu County
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References
- ^ "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Archived from the original on 9 October 2020. 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.
- ^ "Rezultatele finale ale alegerilor locale din 2020" (Json) (in Romanian). Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă. Archived from the original on 2021-10-06. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
- ^ "Scurt Istoric". Archived from the original on 2020-07-16. Retrieved 2018-05-11.
- ^ "Umem". Archived from the original on 2018-05-25. Retrieved 2018-05-11.
External links
- Avrig Town Hall Official Site (in Romanian)
- Brukenthal Palace Avrig
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