{{Other uses}} {{Infobox Romanian subdivision |type = town |county = Sibiu |official_name = Avrig |other_name = |image_flag = |image_shield = ROU SB Avrig CoA.png |image_skyline = Freck.jpg |image_caption = Panoramic view of Avrig |image_map = Avrig jud Sibiu.jpg |map_caption = Location in Sibiu County |leader_name = Adrian-Dumitru David<ref>{{cite web |url=https://prezenta.roaep.ro/locale09062024v2/ |title=Results of the 2024 local elections |publisher=Central Electoral Bureau |access-date=6 January 2026 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> |leader_term = 2024–2028 |leader_party = PNL |coordinates = {{coord|45|42|29|N|24|22|29|E|region:RO|display=inline,title}} |elevation = 390 |elevation_min = |elevation_max = |area_total = 133.36 |area_footnotes = |population_as_of = |population_total = auto |population_footnotes = |postal_code = 555200 |area_code = +(+40) 0269 |website = {{URL|https://primaria-avrig.ro/}} }}
'''Avrig''' ({{IPA|ro|aˈvriɡ}}; {{langx|de|Freck/Fryck}}, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Freck/Fraek'', {{langx|hu|Felek}}) is a town in Sibiu County, Transylvania, central Romania. 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 == {{Historical populations |source = Census data |1992 |14965 |2002 |14260 |2011 |12815 |2021 |12534 }}
At the 2011 census, Avrig had 12,815 inhabitants, of whom 95.6% were Romanians, 2.1% Hungarians, 1.5% Roma, and 0.5% Germans (Transylvanian Saxons). At the 2021 census, the town had a population of 12,534; of those, 86.45% were Romanians.<ref name="RPL2021">{{cite web|url=https://www.recensamantromania.ro/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Tabel-1.03_1.3.1-si-1.03.2.xls|title=Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021|publisher=INSSE|language=ro|date=31 May 2023}}</ref>
== 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 2024 Romanian local elections:{{cn|date=June 2024}}
{| class="wikitable" ! style="background:#ccc" | ! style="background:#ccc" | Party ! style="background:#ccc" | Seats ! style="background:#ccc" colspan="8" | Current Council |- | {{party color cell|National Liberal Party (Romania)}} | National Liberal Party (PNL) | style="text-align: right" | '''8''' | {{party color cell|National Liberal Party (Romania)}} | {{party color cell|National Liberal Party (Romania)}} | {{party color cell|National Liberal Party (Romania)}} | {{party color cell|National Liberal Party (Romania)}} | {{party color cell|National Liberal Party (Romania)}} | {{party color cell|National Liberal Party (Romania)}} | {{party color cell|National Liberal Party (Romania)}} | {{party color cell|National Liberal Party (Romania)}} |- | {{party color cell|Social Democratic Party (Romania)}} | Social Democratic Party (PSD) | style="text-align: right" | '''4''' | {{party color cell|Social Democratic Party (Romania)}} | {{party color cell|Social Democratic Party (Romania)}} | {{party color cell|Social Democratic Party (Romania)}} | {{party color cell|Social Democratic Party (Romania)}} | | | | |- | {{party color cell|Alliance for the Union of Romanians}} | Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) | style="text-align: right" | '''3''' | {{party color cell|Alliance for the Union of Romanians}} | {{party color cell|Alliance for the Union of Romanians}} | {{party color cell|Alliance for the Union of Romanians}} | | | | | |- | {{party color cell|United Right Alliance}} | United Right Alliance (ADU) | style="text-align: right" | '''2''' | {{party color cell|United Right Alliance}} | {{party color cell|United Right Alliance}} | | | | | | |- |}
== 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 river Olt (at the mouth of the Avrig River), close to the Făgăraș Mountains, at about {{convert|26|km|mi|abbr=on}} from Sibiu on the road towards Brașov. It is the main starting point for the trekking routes in the western part of the mountains, and also on access point at a great number of chalets in the mountains: ''Cabana Poiana Neamțului'', ''Cabana Bârcaciu'', ''Cabana Ghiocelul''.
== Economy ==
Avrig SA Glass Factory, a company specialized in lime mouthblown glass, started its origins in Avrig in the 17th century.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Scurt Istoric |url=http://avrigsa.ro/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716132314/http://avrigsa.ro/ |archive-date=2020-07-16 |access-date=2018-05-11}}</ref>
Mârșa village is the site of the Mecanica Mârșa Works, which manufactures auto-trailers and military vehicles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.umem.ro/home.html|title=Umem|access-date=2018-05-11|archive-date=2018-05-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180525230414/http://www.umem.ro/home.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== 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 ==
<gallery> File:FreckBrukenthal.jpg|Brukenthal Summer Palace File:Brukenthal'sche Sommerresidenz Stadt.jpg|Avrig File:Biserica evanghelică.JPG|The medieval fortified Evangelical Lutheran Transylvanian Saxon church of Avrig File:Gierelsau.jpg|The medieval Evangelical Lutheran Transylvanian Saxon fortified church of Bradu village File:Gory Fogaraskie (Fagaras Mountains) 25.jpg|Avrig Lake File:Josephinische Landaufnahme pg238.jpg|Avrig in the Grand Duchy of Transylvania, 1769-1773 File:Avrig jud Sibiu.png|Avrig in Sibiu County </gallery>
== References ==
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== External links ==
{{Commons category|Avrig}} * [http://primaria-avrig.ro/ Avrig Town Hall Official Site] {{in lang|ro}} * [http://www.palatulbrukenthalavrig.ro/ Brukenthal Palace Avrig]
{{Sibiu County}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Towns in Romania Category:Populated places in Sibiu County Category:Localities in Transylvania
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