Axente Sever, Sibiu

Axente Sever (until 1931 Frâua; German: Frauendorf; Hungarian: Asszonyfalva) is a commune located in Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania, named after Ioan Axente Sever.

Axente Sever
Location in Sibiu County
Axente Sever
Location in Romania
Coordinates: 46°6′N 24°13′E
Country Romania
CountySibiu
Population
 (2011)[1]
3,690
Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Postal code
557025
Vehicle reg.SB
Websiteaxentesever.ro

The commune is composed of three villages: Agârbiciu (Arbegen; Szászegerbegy), Axente Sever and Șoala (Schaal; Sálya). In each of these three villages there are Saxon fortified churches erected in the 14th century and fortified till the 16th century.

References

  1. "Populaţia stabilă pe judeţe, municipii, oraşe şi localităti componenete la RPL_2011" (in Romanian). National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 4 February 2014.

Augustin Ioan and Hanna Derer. The Fortified Churches of the Transylvanian Saxons. Noi Media Print, 2004

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