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

References

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

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