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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Avrig > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Avrig.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avrig > Source revision: 1331476188 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{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{{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}} |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](/source/Transylvanian_Saxon_dialect): ''Freck/Fraek'', {{langx|hu|Felek}}) is a town in [Sibiu County](/source/Sibiu_County), [Transylvania](/source/Transylvania), central [Romania](/source/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](/source/Romanian_rural_systematization_program). == Demographics == {{Historical populations |source = Census data |1992 |14965 |2002 |14260 |[2011](/source/2011_Romanian_census) |12815 |[2021](/source/2021_Romanian_census) |12534 }} At the [2011 census](/source/2011_Romanian_census), Avrig had 12,815 inhabitants, of whom 95.6% were [Romanians](/source/Romanians), 2.1% [Hungarians](/source/Hungarians_in_Romania), 1.5% [Roma](/source/Romani_people_in_Romania), and 0.5% [Germans](/source/Germans_of_Romania) ([Transylvanian Saxons](/source/Transylvanian_Saxons)). At the [2021 census](/source/2021_Romanian_census), the town had a population of 12,534; of those, 86.45% were Romanians.{{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](/source/National_Institute_of_Statistics_(Romania))|language=ro|date=31 May 2023}} == 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](/source/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](/source/National_Liberal_Party_(Romania)) (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](/source/Social_Democratic_Party_(Romania)) (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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Transylvania). It lies on the left bank of the [river Olt](/source/Olt_River) (at the mouth of the [Avrig River](/source/Avrig_River)), close to the [Făgăraș Mountains](/source/F%C4%83g%C4%83ra%C8%99_Mountains), at about {{convert|26|km|mi|abbr=on}} from [Sibiu](/source/Sibiu) on the road towards [Brașov](/source/Bra%C8%99ov). 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.{{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}} Mârșa village is the site of the [Mecanica Mârșa Works](/source/Mecanica_M%C3%A2r%C8%99a_Works), which manufactures auto-trailers and military vehicles.{{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}} == 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](/source/Samuel_von_Brukenthal), the governor of [Transylvania](/source/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](/source/Romulus_C%C3%A2ndea) (1886 – 1973), ecclesiastical historian * [Gheorghe Lazăr](/source/Gheorghe_Laz%C4%83r) (1779 – 1823), founder of the first Romanian-language school * [Vasile Stoica](/source/Vasile_Stoica) (1889 – 1959), diplomat == Image 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](/source/fortified_church) of Bradu village File:Gory Fogaraskie (Fagaras Mountains) 25.jpg|[Avrig Lake](/source/Avrig_Lake) File:Josephinische Landaufnahme pg238.jpg|Avrig in the Grand Duchy of [Transylvania](/source/Transylvania), 1769-1773 File:Avrig jud Sibiu.png|Avrig in [Sibiu County](/source/Sibiu_County) == References == {{Reflist}} == 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 {{Sibiu-geo-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Avrig](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avrig) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avrig?action=history)). 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