Şelimbăr

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Şelimbăr Commune
—  Commune  —
Location in Sibiu County
Location in Sibiu County
Country Flag of Romania Romania
County Sibiu County
Status Commune (Comună)
Commune seat Şelimbăr
Villages Şelimbăr, Veştem, Mohu, Bungard
Government
 - Mayor Ioan Daniel Maricuţa (independent)
Population
 - Total 5,267
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 - Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal Code 557260
Area code(s) +40 x69[1]
Website: http://www.primariaselimbar.ro/

Şelimbăr (German: Schellenberg; Hungarian: Sellenberk) is a commune in central Romania, in the county of Sibiu in Transylvania, about 6 km east of the county seat Sibiu. The village of Şelimbăr is the site of the famous Battle of Şelimbăr.

Its four villages are Şelimbăr (2859 inhabitants), Bungard (Germ. Baumgarten; 382 inhabitants); Mohu (543 inhabitants) and Veştem (Germ. Westen; 1483 inhabitants).

[edit] Famous natives

  • Toma Dordea, Romanian academician and electrical machines specialist (from Bungard)

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ x is a digit indicating the operator: 2 for the former national operator, Romtelecom, and 3 for the other ground telephone networks