Transylvania
Sibiu County
Oraş Sãlişte

Galeș

Galeș is a village in , and has about 346 residents. Galeș is situated nearby to the village , as well as near .
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  • Type: Village with 346 residents
  • Description: locality in Sibiu County, Romania
  • Also known as: “Gales” and “Galeş”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dacian fortress of Tilișca.

Photo: Saturnian, CC BY-SA 3.0.
It was a Dacian fortified town.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tilișca and Săliște.

Village
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is a village.

Town
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is a town in , in the centre of , 21 km west of the county capital, . Declared a town in 2003, it is the main locality in the Mărginimea Sibiului area.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 3 km southeast of Galeș.

Galeș

Latitude
45.7986° or 45° 47′ 55″ north
Longitude
23.86358° or 23° 51′ 49″ east
Population
346
Elevation
561 metres (1,841 feet)
Open location code
8GQ5QVX7+CC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 454125510
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
677661
Wiki­data ID
Q281785
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Galeș” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Galeș”
  • Chechen: “Галеш”
  • Dutch: “Galeș”
  • Esperanto: “Galeș”
  • Hungarian: “Szebengálos”
  • Irish: “Galeș”
  • Romanian: “Galeș, Sibiu”
  • Romanian: “Galeș”
  • Serbian: “Галеш”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Galeș, Săliște”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Galeș”
  • Tatar: “Галеш”
  • Ukrainian: “Галеш”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Biserica Intrarea în Biserică a Maicii Domnului and Biserica Galeș (1700-1810).

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