Ocna Sibiului
Ocna Sibiului | |
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 View of Ocna Sibiului from the east | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location in Sibiu County | |
  Ocna Sibiului Location in Romania | |
| Coordinates: 45°52′29″N 24°4′0″E / 45.87472°N 24.06667°E | |
| Country | Romania |
| County | Sibiu |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2024) | George-Claudiu Predescu[1] (PNL) |
Area | 87.46 km2 (33.77 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 408 m (1,339 ft) |
| Population (2021-12-01)[2] | 3,434 |
| • Density | 39/km2 (100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3) |
| Postal code | 555600 |
| Area code | +(40) 0269 |
| Vehicle reg. | SB |
| Website | www |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1912 | 4,048 | — |
| 1977 | 5,048 | +24.7% |
| 1992 | 4,423 | −12.4% |
| 2002 | 4,184 | −5.4% |
| 2011 | 3,372 | −19.4% |
| 2021 | 3,434 | +1.8% |
| Source: Census data | ||
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).
The first spa resort was established here in 1845, and since then Ocna Sibiului has earned a reputation thanks to its heliothermal lakes formed on the site of old salt mines that had collapsed.[3]
There are several salt lakes (former collapsed salt mines) on the salt massif.[4]
The temperate climate, aerosol-rich air, annual temperatures above the regional average, and recent renovations of the spa infrastructure have helped restore the town’s popularity as a health resort.[5][6]
Ocna Sibiului is also of archaeological interest: Bronze Age tools (dating from approximately 1900–800 BC) have been discovered in the area and are currently exhibited at the Brukenthal Museum in Sibiu.[7]
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.
- ^ Beitrag zur Mineralgeschichte von Siebenbürgen. II. Teil. Geschichte des Steinsalzes und der Salzgruben im Grossfürstenthum Siebenbürgen [Contribution to the Mineral History of Transylvania. Part II: History of Rock Salt and Salt Mines in the Grand Principality of Transylvania], Johann Ehrenreich von Fichtel, Nürnberg, Verlag der Raspischen Buchhandlung, 1780.
- ^ Ion Al. Maxim, Contribuțiuni la explicarea fenomenelor de încălzire a apelor lacurilor sărate din Transilvania. Lacurile sărate de la Ocna Sibiului [Contributions to Explaining the Heating Phenomena of the Salt Lakes in Transylvania: The Salt Lakes of Ocna Sibiului], Revista Muzeului Geologic-Mineralogic, Universitatea. Cluj, Vol. IV, 1931.
- ^ Ocna Sibiului - Mic indreptar turistic [Ocna Sibiului – Small Tourist Guide], Editura Sport-Turism 1986
- ^ Florina Grecu, Ioan Mărculeț, Cătălina Mărculeț, Robert Dobre, Podișul Transilvaniei de sud și unitățile limitrofe. Repere geografice [The Southern Transylvanian Plateau and Adjacent Units: Geographical Landmarks], Editura Universității din București, 2008.
- ^ Ocna Sibiului - Mic indreptar turistic [Ocna Sibiului – Small Tourist Guide], Editura Sport-Turism 1986
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