Poiana Sibiului

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Poiana Sibiului is a commune in Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania. The name means "the glade of Sibiu".

[edit] Position

The village is situated in the Cindrel Mountains at an altitude of about 900 meters, 35 km west of the county capital Sibiu, in the Mărginimea Sibiului ethnographic area.

[edit] History

The first written account dates from 1537. Compared with the neighbouring villages, Poiana is a later settlement of Romanian population that moved higher in the mountains presumably dislocated by Saxon settlements. The occupation shifted from agriculture to sheep-herding, which remains even today the main occupation.

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Coordinates: 45°48′20″N, 23°43′49″E

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