Şura Mică

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Şura Mică
Location of Şura Mică
Location of Şura Mică
Coordinates: 45°49′55″N 24°3′27″E / 45.83194, 24.0575
Country Flag of Romania Romania
County Sibiu County
Status Commune
Government
 - Mayor Marcu Mircea Dorel (Democratic Party)
Area
 - Total 49.48 km² (19.1 sq mi)
Population (2002)
 - Total 2,360
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 - Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Şura Mică (German: Klein Scheuern, alternative spelling or dialect variant: Cleynschowern, Hungarian: Kiscsűr) is a village north of Sibiu County in Romania.

[edit] Population

  • 1525: a school
  • 1786: 613 people
  • 1910: 1412 people
  • 1990: 2550 people

[edit] History

Documented in 1323 as "Parvum Horreum" = Kleine Scheuer.

It has a fortified church. The village is known for the colorful "Trachten" of the traditional Saxon population dress for women and girls.

Agricultural centre: farming, livestock, hops, fruits.

Name changes: Cleynschowern (ca. 1468).

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