Alțâna

Alțâna is a commune in the north of , , in the historical region of . It is composed of three villages: Alțâna, Benești, and Ghijasa de Sus.
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  • Type: commune of Romania with 1,560 residents
  • Description: commune in Sibiu County, Romania
  • Also known as: 143888”, “Alțina”, “Comuna Altana”, “Comuna Alțâna”, “Comuna Alțâna, Sibiu”, and “Comuna Alțîna

Places of Interest

Highlights include The Fortified Church of Alțâna and Saint Nicholas church in Benești.

Church

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Benești and Vecerd.

Village
is a village.

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is a village.

Village
is a village, which is situated 4 km northeast of Alțâna.

Alțâna

Latitude
45.9553° or 45° 57′ 19″ north
Longitude
24.4614° or 24° 27′ 41″ east
Population
1,560
Elevation
458 metres (1,503 feet)
Open location code
8GQ6XF46+4H
Geo­Names ID
686430
Wiki­data ID
Q2840450
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Alțâna” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Comuna Alțina
  • Chechen: Алцина (коммуна)
  • Chechen: Алцина
  • Chinese: Alţâna
  • Chinese: 阿爾策納鄉
  • Dutch: Alțâna
  • Dutch: Alțina
  • Esperanto: Alțâna
  • Esperanto: Altina (Serbio)
  • French: Alțâna
  • French: Altina
  • German: Alțâna
  • German: Alțina
  • German: Alzen
  • Hungarian: Alcina község
  • Irish: Alțina
  • Italian: Alțâna
  • Italian: Alțina
  • Malay: Alțâna
  • Malay: Alțina
  • Min Nan Chinese: Alțina
  • Persian: التانا
  • Portuguese: Alțâna
  • Portuguese: Alțina
  • Romanian: Alțâna
  • Romanian: Alțina
  • Romanian: Comuna Alțina, Sibiu
  • Serbian: Алтина
  • Serbian: Општина Алцина
  • Serbo-Croatian: Altina
  • Serbo-Croatian: Opština Alţina, Sibiu
  • Serbo-Croatian: Opština Alțina, Sibiu
  • Spanish: Alțâna
  • Swedish: Alțina
  • Tatar: Алцина (коммуна)
  • Tatar: Алцина
  • Turkish: Alțina
  • Ukrainian: Алцина
  • Vietnamese: Alțâna
  • Vietnamese: Alțina
  • Volapük: Alțina
  • Welsh: Alțâna

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Alțâna”. Photo: Țetcu Mircea Rareș, CC BY-SA 3.0 ro.