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Ocna Sibiului (German: Salzburg; Hungarian: Vízakna) is a town in the centre of Sibiu County, in southern Transylvania, central Romania, 10 km (6.2 mi) to the north-west of the county seat, Sibiu. The town administers a single village, Topârcea (Tschapertsch; Toporcsa).
The seismicity of Romania is clustered in several epicentral zones: Vrancea, Făgăraș-Câmpulung, Banat, Crișana, Maramureș, and Southern Dobrogea. [1] [2] Other epicentral zones of local importance can be found in Transylvania, in the area of Jibou and Târnava River, in the northern and western part of Oltenia, in northern Moldova, and the Wallachian Plain. [3]
Focșani lies at the foot of the Curvature Carpathians, at a point of convergence for tectonic geologic faults, which raises the risk of earthquakes in the vicinity.. Though Vrancea County is one of the most popular wine-producing regions in Romania, Odobești being just to the northwest, in Romania, Focșani itself is not considered a wine-producing
Located in the northern part of Sibiu County, just south of the town of Copșa Mică, it is crossed by national road DN14 . The closest city is Mediaș, 14 km (8.7 mi) to the northeast; the county seat, Sibiu, is 38 km (24 mi) to the south. The Axente Sever halt serves the CFR rail line 208, which
The Central Powers' advances towards the Focșani Gate, 26 November 1916–7 January 1917 The area around the city of Focșani was already recognized as a weak point in Romania back in 1882. In that year, the government of Romania carried out a study to identify all the areas of the country where the terrain was poorly suited for defense, and ...
Sibiu has had a long football tradition, starting in 1913 with the founding of Șoimii Sibiu, which was the launchpad of Ilie Oană's career, who later became a star of FC Petrolul Ploiești. Later came Societatea Gimnastică Sibiu , a sport club of Sibiu's Transylvanian Saxon community, which's best performance was reaching the Divizia A final ...
The Armistice of Focșani (Romanian: Armistițiul de la Focșani, also called the Truce of Focșani) was an agreement that ended the hostilities between Romania (member of the Allied Powers) and the Central Powers in World War I. It was signed on 9 December 1917 in Focșani in Romania. Romania on 9 December 1917, after the Armistice of Focsani.
Romanian-German bilingual sign at the entrance in Sibiu (German: Hermannstadt) Romanian-German bilingual sign at the entrance in Cisnădioara (German: Michelsberg) Romanian-German bilingual sign at the entrance in Cisnădie (German: Heltau) In 2011, Sibiu County had a population of 397,322 and the population density was 73.1/km 2 (189.4/sq mi).