Axente Sever, Sibiu

Axente Sever
Commune


Axente Sever
Coordinates: 46°6′N 24°13′E / 46.100°N 24.217°E / 46.100; 24.217
Country	Romania
County	Sibiu County
Population (2011)^[1]	3,690
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code	557025
Website	axentesever.ro

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

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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Fortified Church of Axente Sever
Fortified Church of Axente Sever
Fortified Church of Axente Sever
Axente Sever

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Sibiu County, Romania

Cities	Sibiu (county seat) Mediaș

Towns	Agnita Avrig Cisnădie Copșa Mică Dumbrăveni Miercurea Sibiului Ocna Sibiului Săliște Tălmaciu

Communes	Alma Alțâna Apoldu de Jos Arpașu de Jos Ațel Axente Sever Bazna Bârghiș Biertan Blăjel Boița Brateiu Brădeni Bruiu Chirpăr Cârța Cârțișoara Cristian Dârlos Gura Râului Hoghilag Iacobeni Jina Laslea Loamneș Ludoș Marpod Merghindeal Micăsasa Mihăileni Moșna Nocrich Orlat Păuca Poiana Sibiului Poplaca Porumbacu de Jos Racovița Rășinari Râu Sadului Roșia Sadu Slimnic Șeica Mare Șeica Mică Șelimbăr Șura Mare Șura Mică Tilișca Târnava Turnu Roșu Valea Viilor Vurpăr

Coordinates: 46°06′N 24°13′E / 46.100°N 24.217°E / 46.100; 24.217

References

↑ Tab3. Populaţia stabilă pe sexe şi grupe de vârstă – judeţe, municipii, oraşe, comune; retrieved on Jan 3, 2015

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

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