Voila, Brașov

Voila (German: Wolldorf; Hungarian: Voila) is a commune in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Cincșor (Kleinschenk; Kissink), Dridif (Dridif), Ludișor (Ludisor), Sâmbăta de Jos (Untermühlendorf; Alsószombatfalva), Voila, and Voivodeni (Nagyvajdafalva). It included Sâmbăta de Sus and Stațiunea Climaterică Sâmbăta villages until 2003, when these were split off to form Sâmbăta de Sus commune.

Voila
Commune
Aerial view of Sâmbăta de Jos and the Făgăraș Mountains
Location within the county
Voila
Location in Romania
Coordinates: 45°49′N 24°51′E
Country Romania
CountyBrașov
Government
 • MayorGheorghe-Marian Osalciuc (PNL)
Area
68.80 km2 (26.56 sq mi)
Highest elevation
440 m (1,440 ft)
Lowest elevation
420 m (1,380 ft)
Population
 (2011)[1]
2,660
 • Density39/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Postal code
507260
Vehicle reg.BV
Websitecomunavoila.ro

The Voila commune is located in the western part of the county, in the historic Țara Făgărașului region, on the left bank of the Olt River. The rivers Breaza (Olt) and Sâmbăta discharge into the Olt at Voila. The Voila Hydropower Plant on the Olt River has a reservoir with a capacity of 10.3 million cubic metres (13.5×10^6 cu yd) of water, which covers an area of 281.5 hectares (696 acres).[2]

The commune is traversed by the DN1 road; it is 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) west of Făgăraș and 67 kilometres (42 mi) east of Sibiu. Of note is the Cincșor fortified church, which dates from the 13th century.

  • A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter over Voila
  • Fortified church in Cincșor
  • Bridge over the Olt River at Cincșor
  • Church of the Dormition în Voivodeni

References
  1. "Populaţia stabilă pe judeţe, municipii, oraşe şi localităti componenete la RPL_2011" (in Romanian). National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  2. "Comuna Voila – Date administrative" (in Romanian). Retrieved November 19, 2020.
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