Şelimbăr
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| Şelimbăr Commune | |
| — Commune — | |
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| Country |  Romania |
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| County | Sibiu County |
| Status | Commune (Comună) |
| Commune seat | Şelimbăr |
| Villages | Şelimbăr, Veştem, Mohu, Bungard |
| Government | |
| - Mayor | Ioan Daniel Maricuţa (independent) |
| Population | |
| - Total | 5,267 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| - Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Postal Code | 557260 |
| Area code(s) | +40 x69[1] |
| Website: http://www.primariaselimbar.ro/ | |
Şelimbăr (German: Schellenberg; Hungarian: Sellenberk) is a commune in central Romania, in the county of Sibiu in Transylvania, about 6 km east of the county seat Sibiu. The village of Şelimbăr is the site of the famous Battle of Şelimbăr.
Its four villages are Şelimbăr (2859 inhabitants), Bungard (Germ. Baumgarten; 382 inhabitants); Mohu (543 inhabitants) and Veştem (Germ. Westen; 1483 inhabitants).
[edit] Famous natives
- Toma Dordea, Romanian academician and electrical machines specialist (from Bungard)
[edit] Notes
- ^ x is a digit indicating the operator: 2 for the former national operator, Romtelecom, and 3 for the other ground telephone networks
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