Ocna Sibiului

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Ocna Sibiului

Total population

4,178

Founded

1263

Land area87.47 km²

Coordinates45.88°, 24.06°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Ocna Sibiului 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.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Ioan Barac

Romanian writer

G

György Vizaknai Briccius

Hungarian physician

Z

Zsigmond Borosnyai Nagy

(1704–1774) Hungarian teacher and educationist

Károly Herepei

teacher, priest (1802–1871)

Goblinus

Bishop.

M

Martin Samuel Möckesch

Romanian translator (1813–1890)

L

Lajos Takács

politician (1908-1982)

E

Emil Hossu

Romanian actor (1941-2012)

G

Gergely Vizaknai

T

Thomas Nägler

Romanian historian (1939-2011)

Jenő Gergely

J

Júlia Bányai

Hungarian freedom fighter (1824-1883)

Károly Szász

Hungarian politician, mathematician (1798-1853)

L

László Székely

Hungarian nobleman (1716-1772)

P

Paulina Szász

Hungarian poet (1831-1853)

Teofil Părăian

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

Nearby places in Sibiu

• Șura Mică
  3.3 mi away · pop. 1,558
• Mândra
  3.3 mi away · pop. 352
• Alămor
  4.3 mi away · pop. 1,037
• Loamneș
  4.6 mi away · pop. 733
• Rusciori
  4.7 mi away · pop. 572
• Topârcea
  5 mi away · pop. 245
• Slimnic
  5.4 mi away · pop. 2,449
• Șura Mare
  5.7 mi away · pop. 2,287
• Mag
  6.5 mi away · pop. 393
• Hamba
  6.8 mi away · pop. 645
• Hașag
  6.8 mi away · pop. 592
• Cristian
  6.8 mi away · pop. 3,097

Browse all places in Sibiu →

Geography & sun

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

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.