Bârghiș
Sign in to saveBârghiș (; ) is a commune in the northern part of Sibiu County. It is situated in central Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania. The commune is composed of six villages: Apoș, Bârghiș, Ighișu Vechi, Pelișor, Vecerd, and Zlagna. Pelișor and Zlagna have fortified churches.
Key facts
- Romanian subdivision.type
- commune
- Romanian subdivision.county
- Sibiu
- Romanian subdivision.official_name
- Bârghiș
- Romanian subdivision.image_shield
- ROU SB Barghis CoA.png
- Romanian subdivision.image_skyline
- Barghis vazut de pe higi.jpg
- Romanian subdivision.image_map
- Barghis jud Sibiu.jpg
- Romanian subdivision.map_caption
- Location in Sibiu County
- Romanian subdivision.leader_name
- Ștefan Șulumberchean
- Romanian subdivision.leader_party
- PNL
- Romanian subdivision.leader_term
- 2020–2024
- Romanian subdivision.elevation
- 446
- Romanian subdivision.area_total
- 99.9
- Romanian subdivision.population_total
- auto
- Romanian subdivision.postal_code
- 557035
- Romanian subdivision.area_code
- +40 x59
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of Romania
- Official name
- Bârghiș
- Country
- Kingdom of Hungary
- Located in
- Sibiu County
- Capital
- Bârghiș
- Population
- 1894
- Area
- 99.9
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Official website
- www.ghidulprimariilor.ro/business.php/PRIMARIA-BARGHIS/186067
- Image
- Barghis vazut de pe higi.jpg
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- contains settlement
- Vecerd
- postal code
- 557035
- native label
- Bârghiș
- phone number
- +40-269517101
- street address
- Loc. Birghis, Strada Principala, Nr. 199, Jud. Sibiu
- population by native language
- 48
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- historical region
- Transylvania
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Encyclopedic overview
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Bârghiș (; ) is a commune in the northern part of Sibiu County. It is situated in central Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania. The commune is composed of six villages: Apoș, Bârghiș, Ighișu Vechi, Pelișor, Vecerd, and Zlagna. Pelișor and Zlagna have fortified churches.
The commune is located on the Transylvanian Plateau, in the northeastern part of Sibiu County, about from the county seat, Sibiu. It lies on the banks of the rivers Bârghiș and Zlagna, both affluents of the Hârtibaciu.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bârghiș” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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