Alțina
Sign in to saveAlțâna (; ) is a commune in the north of Sibiu County, Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania. It is composed of three villages: Alțâna, Benești (Bägendorf; Bendorf), and Ghijasa de Sus (Obergesäß; Felsőgezés).
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The entry is geolocated on the map in RO, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony files it under Communes in Sibiu County and Localities in Transylvania.
Vinony links it to 21 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Romanian subdivision.type
- commune
- Romanian subdivision.county
- Sibiu
- Romanian subdivision.official_name
- Alțâna
- Romanian subdivision.image_shield
- ROU SB Altana CoA.png
- Romanian subdivision.image_skyline
- AltanaSB (13).JPG
- Romanian subdivision.image_caption
- Lutheran fortified church in Alțâna
- Romanian subdivision.image_map
- Altana jud Sibiu.jpg
- Romanian subdivision.map_caption
- Location in Sibiu County
- Romanian subdivision.leader_name
- Ioan Bucșă
- Romanian subdivision.leader_party
- PSD
- Romanian subdivision.leader_term
- 2020–2024
- Romanian subdivision.established_date
- 1291 (first official record)
- Romanian subdivision.elevation
- 448
- Romanian subdivision.area_total
- 80.19
- Romanian subdivision.population_total
- auto
- Romanian subdivision.postal_code
- 557005
- Romanian subdivision.area_code
- (+40) 02 69
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of Romania
- Official name
- Alțina
- Country
- Kingdom of Hungary
- Located in
- Sibiu County
- Capital
- Alțina
- Population
- 1533
- Area
- 83.320000
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Official website
- www.ghidulprimariilor.ro/business.php/PRIMARIA-ALTANA/192082
- Image
- AltanaSB (14).JPG
Show 10 more facts
- contains settlement
- Ghijasa de Sus
- Commons category
- Alțina commune, Sibiu
- postal code
- 557005
- native label
- Alțina
- phone number
- +40-269581101
- street address
- Strada Principala numarul 94 Comuna Alțâna, Sibiu
- population by native language
- 6
- P12749
- Thorsten Engelmann
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- historical region
- Transylvania
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Geography
- History
- Name
- Natives
- References
Alțâna (; ) is a commune in the north of Sibiu County, Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania. It is composed of three villages: Alțâna, Benești (Bägendorf; Bendorf), and Ghijasa de Sus (Obergesäß; Felsőgezés).
==Geography== The commune lies on the Transylvanian Plateau, on the banks of the Hârtibaciu River and its right tributary, the river Zlagna. It is located in the central part of the county, northeast of the county seat, Sibiu, to which it is connected by county road DJ106.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alțina” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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2 mapped locations