Ațel Explained

Type:commune
County:Sibiu
Population Total:auto
Ațel
Other Name:Hetzeldorf
Coordinates:46.15°N 52°W
Established Date:1283 (first attested)
Area Total Km2:27.21
Leader Name:Ioan-Ovidiu Aldea[1]
Leader Party:PNL
Leader Term:2020 - 2024
Subdivisions:Ațel, Dupuș
Postal Code:557020
Website:Primăria Comunei Ațel

Ațel (German: Hetzeldorf; Transylvanian Saxon: Hätselderf; Hungarian: Ecel) is a commune in Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Ațel and Dupuș (Tobsdorf; Táblás). The commune first appears in written history in 1283 as villa Echelini. Later appearances in written documents are villa Heclini (1289), Hetzelini villa and villa Eczlen (1359), Ecczel (1365), and Heczeldorf (1548). A church is mentioned as of 1380.[2]

Demographics

Population number (grouped by ethnicity) from 1850 to 2011:

YearRomaniansRomaHungariansGermans
(more specifically
Transylvanian Saxons)
JewsRussiansOther/
Unknown
Total
18502,0781524541,35919---4,062
1992[3] 2,672205585263----3,726
2002[4] 1,288118 34 92 -6 - 2 1,540
2011[5] 1,1381542077--3371,429

Local architecture

The local medieval Evangelical Lutheran fortified church of Ațel was built by the native Transylvanian Saxon community and completed by the end of the 15th century; it is surrounded by double walls. Above the entrance rises the Old School tower, and close by is the Oat Tower. The fortified church of Dupuș was also built during the 15th century.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Results of the 2020 local elections . Central Electoral Bureau . 14 June 2021 . dmy-all.
  2. Léstyán, Ferenc: Megszentelt kövek. A középkori erdélyi püspökség templomai, Budapest, Arcanum, 2003, http://mek.oszk.hu/04600/04684/html/1167.html
  3. http://varga.adatbank.transindex.ro/?pg=3&action=etnik&id=6821 Varga E. Árpád: Erdély etnikai és felekezeti statisztikája (1850–1992)
  4. http://www.primaria-atel.ro/pagina/populatie Aţel Commune Hall
  5. http://www.insse.ro/cms/ National Institute of Statistics