Axente Sever, Sibiu

Axente Sever
—  Commune  —
Axente Sever
Coordinates:
Country  Romania
County Sibiu County
Population (2002)[1] 4,048
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Axente Sever (until 1931 Frâua; German: Frauendorf; Hungarian: Asszonyfalva) is a commune located in Sibiu County, Romania.

The commune is composed of three villages: Agârbiciu (Arbegen; Szászegerbegy), Axente Sever and Șoala (Schaal; Sálya). In each of these three villages there are Saxon fortified churches erected in the 14th century and fortified till the 16th century.

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References

  1. ^ Romanian census data, 2002; retrieved on March 1, 2010

Augustin Ioan and Hanna Derer. The Fortified Churches of the Transylvanian Saxons. Noi Media Print, 2004