Răşinari

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Country	Romania
Răşinari
County	Sibiu County
Status	Commune
Government
- Mayor	Ioan Bucur Băra (Democratic Party)
Area
- Total	127.87 km² (49.4 sq mi)
Population (2000)
- Total	5,518 45°42′00″N, 24°04′00″E
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
- Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Website: http://www.cjsibiu.ro/ro/rasinari.php

Răşinari (German: Städterdorf, Hungarian: Resinár) is a village and commune in Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania. It has a population of 5,645 inhabitants (census 2002).

Răşinari is connected to Sibiu by a roughly 8-km tram line through the Dumbrava Forest. The trams that are used these days on the line were formerly used in Geneva and retain their French-language signs^[1].

The village of Prislop is located in the administrative area of the Răşinari commune.

The "New Church" in Răşinari as of January 2005

[edit] Famous natives

Emil Cioran
Octavian Goga
Ilarie Mitrea
Daniel Popovici Barcianu

[edit] References

^ BeyondTheForest.com, Trams in Romania

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