Editing Avrig

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|county             = Sibiu
|official_name      = Avrig
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|image_shield       = ROU SB Avrig CoA.png
|image_skyline      = Freck.jpg 
|image_caption      = Panoramic view of Avrig
|image_map          = Avrig jud Sibiu.jpg
|map_caption        = Location in Sibiu County
|leader_name        = Adrian-Dumitru David<ref>{{cite web|url=https://prezenta.roaep.ro/locale27092020/romania-pv-final|title=Results of the 2020 local elections|publisher=Central Electoral Bureau|access-date=14 June 2021|df=dmy-all|archive-date=9 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009164915/https://prezenta.roaep.ro/locale27092020/romania-pv-final|url-status=live}}</ref>
|leader_party       = PNL
|leader_term        = 2020&ndash;2024
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|elevation          = 390
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|postal_code        = 555200
|area_code          = +(+40) 0269
|website            = {{URL|https://primaria-avrig.ro/}}
}}

'''Avrig''' ({{IPA|ro|aˈvriɡ}}; {{langx|de|Freck/Fryck}}, [[Transylvanian Saxon dialect|Transylvanian Saxon]]: ''Freck/Fraek'', {{langx|hu|Felek}}) is a town in [[Sibiu County]], [[Transylvania]], central [[Romania]]. The first documents attesting its existence date to 1346. It officially became a town in 1989, as a result of the [[Romanian rural systematization program]].

== Demographics ==
{{Historical populations
|source = Census data
|1992 |14965
|2002 |14260
|[[2011 Romanian census|2011]] |12815
|[[2021 Romanian census|2021]] |12534
}}

At the [[2011 Romanian census|2011 census]], Avrig had 12,815 inhabitants, of whom 95.6% were [[Romanians]], 2.1% [[Hungarians in Romania|Hungarians]], 1.5% [[Romani people in Romania|Roma]], and 0.5% [[Germans of Romania|Germans]] ([[Transylvanian Saxons]]). At the [[2021 Romanian census|2021 census]], the town had a population of 12,534; of those, 86.45% were Romanians.<ref name="RPL2021">{{cite web|url=https://www.recensamantromania.ro/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Tabel-1.03_1.3.1-si-1.03.2.xls|title=Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021|publisher=[[National Institute of Statistics (Romania)|INSSE]]|language=ro|date=31 May 2023}}</ref>

== Administration and local politics ==

=== Town council ===

The town's current local council has the following multi-party political composition, based on the results of the votes cast at the [[2024 Romanian local elections]]:{{cn|date=June 2024}}

{| class="wikitable"
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! style="background:#ccc" | Party
! style="background:#ccc" | Seats
! style="background:#ccc" colspan="8" | Current Council
|-
| {{party color cell|National Liberal Party (Romania)}} &nbsp;
| [[National Liberal Party (Romania)|National Liberal Party]] (PNL)
| style="text-align: right" | '''8'''
| {{party color cell|National Liberal Party (Romania)}} &nbsp;
| {{party color cell|National Liberal Party (Romania)}} &nbsp; 
| {{party color cell|National Liberal Party (Romania)}} &nbsp;
| {{party color cell|National Liberal Party (Romania)}} &nbsp;
| {{party color cell|National Liberal Party (Romania)}} &nbsp; 
| {{party color cell|National Liberal Party (Romania)}} &nbsp;
| {{party color cell|National Liberal Party (Romania)}} &nbsp; 
| {{party color cell|National Liberal Party (Romania)}} &nbsp;
|-
| {{party color cell|Social Democratic Party (Romania)}} &nbsp;
| [[Social Democratic Party (Romania)|Social Democratic Party]] (PSD)
| style="text-align: right" | '''4'''
| {{party color cell|Social Democratic Party (Romania)}} &nbsp;
| {{party color cell|Social Democratic Party (Romania)}} &nbsp;
| {{party color cell|Social Democratic Party (Romania)}} &nbsp;
| {{party color cell|Social Democratic Party (Romania)}} &nbsp;
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| {{party color cell|Alliance for the Union of Romanians}} &nbsp;
| [[Alliance for the Union of Romanians]] (AUR)
| style="text-align: right" | '''3'''
| {{party color cell|Alliance for the Union of Romanians}} &nbsp;
| {{party color cell|Alliance for the Union of Romanians}} &nbsp;
| {{party color cell|Alliance for the Union of Romanians}} &nbsp;
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|-
| {{party color cell|United Right Alliance}} &nbsp;
| [[United Right Alliance]] (ADU)
| style="text-align: right" | '''2'''
| {{party color cell|United Right Alliance}} &nbsp;
| {{party color cell|United Right Alliance}} &nbsp;
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|-
|}

== Geography ==

The town administers four villages: Bradu (''Gierelsau''; ''Fenyőfalva''), Glâmboaca (''Hühnerbach''; ''Glimboka''), Mârșa and Săcădate (''Sekadaten''; ''Oltszakadát''). It is situated in the historical region of [[Transylvania]].

It lies on the left bank of the [[Olt River|river Olt]] (at the mouth of the [[Avrig River]]), close to the [[Făgăraș Mountains]], at about {{convert|26|km|mi|abbr=on}} from [[Sibiu]] on the road towards [[Brașov]]. It is the main starting point for the trekking routes in the western part of the mountains, and also on access point at a great number of chalets in the mountains: ''Cabana Poiana Neamțului'', ''Cabana Bârcaciu'', ''Cabana Ghiocelul''.

== Economy ==

Avrig SA Glass Factory, a company specialized in lime mouthblown glass, started its origins in Avrig in the 17th century.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Scurt Istoric |url=http://avrigsa.ro/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716132314/http://avrigsa.ro/ |archive-date=2020-07-16 |access-date=2018-05-11}}</ref>

Mârșa village is the site of the [[Mecanica Mârșa Works]], which manufactures auto-trailers and military vehicles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.umem.ro/home.html|title=Umem|access-date=2018-05-11|archive-date=2018-05-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180525230414/http://www.umem.ro/home.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Tourism ==

The most important objective in the town is the Brukenthal Summer Palace built in 1771, a baroque summer residence of baron [[Samuel von Brukenthal]], the governor of [[Transylvania]]. Also two old churches can be found there: the evangelical church, built in the 13th century and fortified in the 16th century and the orthodox church, built in the 18th century.

Bradu village features a fortified church first attested in 1315, with the last major modification in 1804.

== Natives ==
* [[Romulus Cândea]] (1886 – 1973), ecclesiastical historian
* [[Gheorghe Lazăr]] (1779 – 1823), founder of the first Romanian-language school
* [[Vasile Stoica]] (1889 – 1959), diplomat

== Image gallery ==

<gallery>
File:FreckBrukenthal.jpg|Brukenthal Summer Palace
File:Brukenthal'sche Sommerresidenz Stadt.jpg|Avrig
File:Biserica evanghelică.JPG|The medieval fortified Evangelical Lutheran Transylvanian Saxon church of Avrig
File:Gierelsau.jpg|The medieval Evangelical Lutheran Transylvanian Saxon [[fortified church]] of Bradu village
File:Gory Fogaraskie (Fagaras Mountains) 25.jpg|[[Avrig Lake]] 
File:Josephinische Landaufnahme pg238.jpg|Avrig in the Grand Duchy of [[Transylvania]], 1769-1773 
File:Avrig jud Sibiu.png|Avrig in [[Sibiu County]] 
</gallery>

== References ==

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== External links ==

{{Commons category|Avrig}}
* [http://primaria-avrig.ro/ Avrig Town Hall Official Site] {{in lang|ro}}
* [http://www.palatulbrukenthalavrig.ro/ Brukenthal Palace Avrig]

{{Sibiu County}}
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[[Category:Towns in Romania]]
[[Category:Populated places in Sibiu County]]
[[Category:Localities in Transylvania]]


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