Orlat

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Orlat
Orlat Location of Orlat
Coordinates: 45°45′5″N 23°58′2″E / 45.75139, 23.96722
Country	Romania
County	Sibiu County
Status	Commune
Government
- Mayor	Aurel Gață (Democratic Party)
Area
- Total	59.02 km² (22.8 sq mi)
Population (2000)
- Total	3,261
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
- Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Website: http://www.cjsibiu.ro/ro/orlat.php

Orlat (German: Winsberg, Hungarian: Orlát) is a commune in Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania, at the foothills of the Cindrel Mountains, 17 km west of the county capital Sibiu, in the Mărginimea Sibiului ethnographic area.

Orlat is one of the oldest villages in the Mărginimea Sibiului. The 1st Romanian Border Guards Regiment (established by an Imperial decree signed by Maria Theresa of Austria on April 15, 1762) was located here^[1].

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