Ațel

Ațel
Commune

Location of Ațel
Coordinates: 46°09′N 24°28′E / 46.150°N 24.467°E / 46.150; 24.467Coordinates: 46°09′N 24°28′E / 46.150°N 24.467°E / 46.150; 24.467
Country Romania
County Sibiu
First attested 1283
Component villages Ațel, Dupuș
Government
  Mayor Moldovan Sergiu Ionel (since 2004) (PNL)
Area
  Total 27.21 km2 (10.51 sq mi)
Population (2011)
  Total 1,429
  Density 53/km2 (140/sq mi)
Postal code 557020
Website Primăria Comunei Ațel (Romanian)

Ațel (German: Hetzeldorf; Hungarian: Ecel) is a commune in Sibiu County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Ațel and Dupuș (Tobsdorf; Táblás). The commune first appears in written history in 1283 as villa Echelini. Later appearances in written documents are villa Heclini (1289), Hetzelini villa and villa Eczlen (1359), Ecczel (1365), and Heczeldorf (1548). A church is mentioned as of 1380.[1]

Population

Population number (grouped by ethnicity) from 1850 to 2011:

YearRomaniansRomaHungariansGermans Jews Slovaks RussiansOther/
Unknown
Total
1850 2,078 152 454 1,359 19 - - - 4,062
1992[2] 2,672 205 585 263 - - - - 3,726
2002[3] 1,288 118 34 92 - 6 - 2 1,540
2011[4] 1,1381542077 --3371,429

Architecture

The fortified church of Ațel was built by Transylvanian Saxons and completed by the end of the 15th century; it is surrounded by double walls. Above the entrance rises the Old School tower, and close by is the Oat Tower. The fortified church of Dupuș was also built during the 15th century.

Notes

  1. Léstyán, Ferenc: Megszentelt kövek. A középkori erdélyi püspökség templomai, Budapest, Arcanum, 2003, ISBN 963-9374-74-1
  2. Varga E. Árpád: Erdély etnikai és felekezeti statisztikája (1850–1992)
  3. Aţel Commune Hall
  4. National Institute of Statistics

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