Selimbar
Encyclopedia
Şelimbăr is a commune
in central Romania, in the county of Sibiu
in Transylvania
, to the east of the county seat Sibiu
. The village of Şelimbăr is the site of the famous Battle of Şelimbăr
.
The commune is composed of four villages:
Communes of Romania
A commune is the lowest level of administrative subdivision in Romania. There are 2686 communes in Romania. The commune is the rural subdivision of a county .There is no clear restriction on the population of a commune, even though when a commune...
in central Romania, in the county of Sibiu
Sibiu County
Sibiu is a county of Romania, in the historical region Transylvania, with the capital city Sibiu.-Demographics:In 2002, it had a population of 421,724 and the population density was 78/km²....
in Transylvania
Transylvania
Transylvania is a historical region in the central part of Romania. Bounded on the east and south by the Carpathian mountain range, historical Transylvania extended in the west to the Apuseni Mountains; however, the term sometimes encompasses not only Transylvania proper, but also the historical...
, to the east of the county seat Sibiu
Sibiu
Sibiu is a city in Transylvania, Romania with a population of 154,548. Located some 282 km north-west of Bucharest, the city straddles the Cibin River, a tributary of the river Olt...
. The village of Şelimbăr is the site of the famous Battle of Şelimbăr
Battle of Selimbar
The Battle of Şelimbăr is one of the great events of medieval Romanian history. It took place on 18 October 1599 between the Wallachian army of Michael the Brave and the Transylvanian-Hungarian army of Andrew Bathory...
.
The commune is composed of four villages:
- Bungard - 382 inhabitants
- Mohu - 543 inhabitants
- Şelimbăr - 2859 inhabitants
- Veştem - 1483 inhabitants
Famous natives
- Toma Dordea, Romanian academician and electrical machines specialist (from Bungard)