Cristian

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Cristian

Total population

3,097

Founded

1223

Air quality index

54Moderate

Elevation443 m

Land area71.16 km²

Coordinates45.78°, 24.03°

Demographic figures from INS Romania. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Cristian is a commune located in Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Cristian, located on the Cibin. The village was founded in 1223 by German settlers.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Oskar Pastior

German poet (1927–2006)

D

Dieter Acker

German composer (1940–2006)

Steve Holmes

German pornographic actor

Hermann Oberth

Austro-Hungarian-born German physicist and rocketry pioneer (1894-1989)

Arthur Arz von Straußenburg

Austro-Hungarian general

Ignác Gyulay

Hungarian general & statesman (1763-1831)

Christoph Klein

Romanian theologian

Baron Karl von Macchio

Austro-Hungarian diplomat (1859-1945)

G

Günter Fronius

Romanian businessman (1907–2015)

Paul Schuster

Romanian-born German journalist and prosaist

Erwin Wittstock

German writer (1889-1962)

Sebastian Strasser

German film director

F

Franz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein

discoverer of tellurium

K

Karl Neugeboren

G

Győző Simon Macalik

Romanian bishop and theologian

Miklós Borsos

Hungarian sculptor

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Cristian

Cercetările arheologice preventivede la Cristian (Judeţul Sibiu), Campania 2011

Sabin Adrian Luca · 2012

Viaţa trăită sub zei

Sabin Adrian Luca · 2015

Românii din afara granițelor țării

Iulian Pruteanu-Isăcescu · 2007

Historical Yearbook, Volume IX – 2012

2012

Historical Yearbook, volume III, 2006

2006

Historical Yearbook, volume I, 2004

2004

Spinii din buchetul memoriilor. Volumul 1

Octavian Lazar Cosma · 2019

DACIA SI CELE DOUA MOESII IN GEOGRAFIA LUI CLAUDIUS PTOLEMAEUS

2015

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