Orlat

For other uses, see Orlat (disambiguation).

Orlat
Commune
Street in Orlat
Coat of arms
Location in Sibiu County
Orlat Location in Romania
Coordinates: 45°45′5″N 23°58′2″E
Country	Romania
County	Sibiu
Government
• Mayor (2020–2024)	Aurel Gață[1] (PNL)
Area	59.02 km^2 (22.79 sq mi)
Elevation	486 m (1,594 ft)
Population  (2021-12-01)[2]	2,964
• Density	50/km^2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Postal code	557170
Vehicle reg.	SB
Website	comunaorlat.ro

Orlat (German: Winsberg; Hungarian: Orlát) is a commune in Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania, 17 km (11 mi) west of the county capital, Sibiu, in the Mărginimea Sibiului ethnographic area. It is composed of a single village, Orlat.

The commune lies in the foothills of the Cindrel Mountains, on the banks of the river Cibin and its affluents, the rivers Săliște and Orlat.

Orlat is one of the oldest villages in the Mărginimea Sibiului. The 1st Romanian Border Guards Regiment [ro] (established by an Imperial decree signed by Maria Theresa of Austria on April 15, 1762) was located here.^[3] The regiment's mission was to guard the southern sector of the Transylvanian Military Frontier.

The A1 Motorway passes just north of the commune. The Orlat train station serves the CFR Line 200, which runs from Brașov to the Hungarian border at Curtici.

References

1. "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
2. "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
3. Parean, Ioan (2000), "Contribuții la istoria Regimentului 1 român de graniță", www.armyacademy.ro (in Romanian), Nicolae Bălcescu Land Forces Academy, retrieved December 2, 2021

Saint Nicholas Church

Old headquarters of the 1st Romanian Border Guards Regiment