Country Romania Status Commune Postal Code 557180 Local time Wednesday 5:50 PM | County Sibiu County Time zone EET (UTC+2) Area 23.47 km² Population 2,807 (2002) | |
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Weather 16°C, Wind S at 13 km/h, 37% Humidity | ||
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".
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Map of Poiana Sibiului 557180, Romania
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
Poiana Sibiului Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA