Avrig

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Avrig
Town
Coat of arms of Avrig Coat of arms
Location of Avrig Location of Avrig
Avrig Location of Avrig
Coordinates:
Country	Romania
County	Sibiu County
Status	Town
Government
• Mayor	Arnold Günter Klingeis (FDGR)
Area
• Total	133.36 km2 (51.49 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	12,095
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Website	http://www.cjsibiu.ro/ro/avrig.php Avrig blog http://www.avrig.eu Portal Avrig http://www.avrigul.ro

Avrig (Romanian pronunciation: [aˈvriɡ]; German: Freck, Hungarian: Felek) is a town in the Sibiu County, Romania. It has a population of 12,815 and the first documents attesting its existence date to 1346.

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1992	14,965	—
2002	14,260	−4.7%
2011	12,815	−10.1%
Source: Census data

At the 2011 census, 95.6% of inhabitants were Romanians, 2.1% Hungarians, 1.5% Roma and 0.5% Germans.

Geography

The town administers four villages: Bradu (Gierelsau; Fenyőfalva), Glâmboaca (Hühnerbach; Glimboka), Mârşa and Săcădate (Sekadaten; Oltszakadát).

It lies on the left bank of the river Olt (at the mouth of the Avrig River), close to the Făgăraş Mountains, at about 26 km (16 mi) from Sibiu on the road towards Braşov. 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 Neamţului, Cabana Bârcaciu, Cabana Ghiocelul.

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, the governor of 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

• Gheorghe Lazăr, founder of the first Romanian-language school
• Vasile Stoica, diplomat

Image gallery

• Josephinische Landaufnahme pg238.jpg

  Avrig in the Grand Duchy of Transylvania, 1769-1773

• Avrig jud Sibiu.png

  Avrig in Sibiu County

• Gierelsau.jpg

  Fortified church of Bradu village

• Gory Fogaraskie (Fagaras Mountains) 25.jpg

  Avrig Lake

• Brukenthal Castle Avrig.jpg

  Brukenthal Castle

External links

• Avrig Town Hall Official Site (Romanian)
• Brukenthal Palace Avrig