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Sibiu County

Sibiu

Sibiu is a town in southern , , 280 km by road from . The old town centre is very attractive. Sibiu is also a good base for exploring elsewhere in Transylvania.
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  • Type: City with 147,000 residents
  • Description: city in Sibiu County, Romania
  • Also known as: “Cibinium”, “Hermannstadt”, “Nagy-Szében”, “Nagyszeben”, and “Sibiiu”
Photo: 7castle, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Brukenthal National Museum and Lutheran Cathedral of Saint Mary.

Museum
Photo: Dragos Dumitru, CC BY 2.0.
The is a in Sibiu, , , established in the late 18th century by Samuel von Brukenthal in his city palace.

Church
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The is the most famous Gothic-style church in Sibiu, , central . Its massive 73.34 m high steeple is a landmark of the city.

Church
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The Holy Trinity Cathedral, Sibiu, located at 35 Mitropoliei Street, Sibiu, , is the seat of the Romanian Orthodox Archbishop of Sibiu and Metropolitan of Transylvania.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Turnișor and Gușterița.

Suburb
is a residential district of Sibiu, . It was previously a Saxon village on the outskirts of the city but over the course of several years it was integrated into the city, becoming a district.

Suburb
is a district or neighbourhood of Sibiu, , southern , .

Village
Photo: Țetcu Mircea Rareș, CC BY-SA 3.0 ro.
is a village.

Sibiu

Latitude
45.7974° or 45° 47′ 51″ north
Longitude
24.1519° or 24° 9′ 7″ east
Population
147,000
Elevation
410 metres (1,345 feet)
IATA airport code
SBZ
United Nations Location Code
RO SBZ
Open location code
8GQ6Q5W2+XQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 290485693
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
667268
Wiki­data ID
Q83324
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Sibiu” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Sibiu”
  • Albanian: “Sibiu”
  • Arabic: “سيبيو”
  • Aragonese: “Sibiu”
  • Armenian: “Սիբիու”
  • Asturian: “Sibiu”
  • Azerbaijani: “Hermanştat”
  • Azerbaijani: “Sibiu”
  • Basque: “Sibiu”
  • Bavarian: “Hermannstadt”
  • Belarusian: “Германштат”
  • Belarusian: “Сібіу”
  • Belarusian: “Сібіў”
  • Belarusian: “Сыбіў”
  • Bengali: “সিবিউ”
  • Breton: “Sibiu”
  • Bulgarian: “Сибиу”
  • Catalan: “Hermannstadt”
  • Catalan: “Nagyszeben”
  • Catalan: “Sibiu”
  • Cebuano: “Municipiul Sibiu”
  • Chinese: “Sibiu”
  • Chinese: “錫比烏”
  • Chinese: “锡比乌”
  • Croatian: “Hermannstadt”
  • Croatian: “Sibiu”
  • Czech: “Cibinium”
  • Czech: “Hermannstadt”
  • Czech: “Nagyszeben”
  • Czech: “Sibiň” (historical)
  • Czech: “Sibiu”
  • Danish: “Sibiu”
  • Dutch: “Cibinium”
  • Dutch: “Nagyszeben”
  • Dutch: “Sibiu”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سيبيو”
  • Esperanto: “Cibinium”
  • Esperanto: “Hermannstadt”
  • Esperanto: “Nagyszeben”
  • Esperanto: “Sibiu”
  • Estonian: “Sibiu”
  • Extremaduran: “Sibiu”
  • Finnish: “Hermannstadt”
  • Finnish: “Sibiu”
  • French: “Cibinium”
  • French: “Hermannstadt”
  • French: “Nagyszeben”
  • French: “Sibiu”
  • Galician: “Sibiu”
  • Georgian: “სიბიუ”
  • German: “Cibinium”
  • German: “Härmeschtat”
  • German: “Hermannstadt”
  • German: “Nagyszeben”
  • German: “Sibiu”
  • Greek: “Σιμπίου”
  • Greek: “Σίμπιου”
  • Gujarati: “સિબિયુ”
  • Hausa: “Sibiu”
  • Hebrew: “הערמאנשטאדט”
  • Hebrew: “הרמנשטאט”
  • Hebrew: “סיביו”
  • Hindi: “सीबीयू”
  • Hungarian: “Cibinium”
  • Hungarian: “Hermannstadt”
  • Hungarian: “Nagyszeben”
  • Hungarian: “Sibiu”
  • Hungarian: “Szeben”
  • Indonesian: “Hermannstadt”
  • Indonesian: “Nagyszeben”
  • Indonesian: “Sibiu”
  • Interlingue: “Sibiu”
  • Irish: “Sibiu”
  • Italian: “Cibinium”
  • Italian: “Hermannstadt”
  • Italian: “Nagyszeben”
  • Italian: “Sibiu”
  • Japanese: “シビウ”
  • Japanese: “ナジセベン”
  • Japanese: “ナチセベン”
  • Japanese: “ナッツェベン”
  • Japanese: “ヘルマンシュタット”
  • Kannada: “ಸಿಬಿಯು”
  • Korean: “시비우”
  • Ladino: “Sibiu”
  • Latin: “Cibinium”
  • Latvian: “Sibiu”
  • Latvian: “Sibiva”
  • Limburgan: “Sibiu”
  • Lithuanian: “Sibiu”
  • Lombard: “Hermannstadt”
  • Lombard: “Nagyszeben”
  • Lombard: “Sibiu”
  • Luxembourgish: “Hermestatt”
  • Luxembourgish: “Sibiu”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Sibiu”
  • Macedonian: “Сибиу”
  • Malay: “Sibiu”
  • Marathi: “सिबिउ”
  • Marathi: “सिबिऊ”
  • Marathi: “सिबिव”
  • Minangkabau: “Sibiu”
  • Mongolian: “Сибиу”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hermannstadt”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nagyszeben”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sibiu”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hermannstadt”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hermanshtadt”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nagyszeben”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sibiu”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Szeben”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “הערמאנשטאדט”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “סזעבען”
  • Norwegian: “Sibiu”
  • Novial: “Sibiu”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Sibiu”
  • Ossetian: “Сибиу”
  • Persian: “سیبیو”
  • Polish: “Hermannstadt”
  • Polish: “Sibiu”
  • Polish: “Sybin”
  • Portuguese: “Cibinium”
  • Portuguese: “Hermannstadt”
  • Portuguese: “Nagyszeben”
  • Portuguese: “Sibiu”
  • Romanian: “Cibinium”
  • Romanian: “Hermannstadt”
  • Romanian: “Nagyszeben”
  • Romanian: “Sibiu”
  • Russian: “Германштадт”
  • Russian: “Надьсебен”
  • Russian: “Сибиу”
  • Scots: “Sibiu”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Sibiu”
  • Serbian: “Hermannstadt”
  • Serbian: “Nagyszeben”
  • Serbian: “Sibiu”
  • Serbian: “Сибију”
  • Serbian: “Сибињ”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sibiu”
  • Sicilian: “Sibiu”
  • Silesian: “Sibiu”
  • Sinhala: “සිබියු”
  • Slovak: “Sibiň”
  • Slovak: “Sibiu”
  • Slovenian: “Sibiu”
  • South Azerbaijani: “سیبیو”
  • Spanish: “Cibinium”
  • Spanish: “Hermannstadt”
  • Spanish: “Hermanstadt”
  • Spanish: “Nagyszeben”
  • Spanish: “Sibiu”
  • Swedish: “Hermannstadt”
  • Swedish: “Sibiu”
  • Swiss German: “Hermannstadt”
  • Swiss German: “Sibiu”
  • Tajik: “Сибиу”
  • Tamil: “சிபியு”
  • Tatar: “Сибиу”
  • Telugu: “సిబియూ”
  • Thai: “ซีบิว”
  • Thai: “ซีบีอู”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Hermannstadt”
  • Turkish: “Sibin”
  • Turkish: “Sibiu”
  • Turkmen: “Hermanştat”
  • Turkmen: “Hermanștat”
  • Ukrainian: “Сібіу”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Sibiu”
  • Urdu: “سیبیو”
  • Uzbek: “Sibiu”
  • Venetian: “Sibiu”
  • Vietnamese: “Sibiu”
  • Vlax Romani: “Sibiu”
  • Volapük: “Sibiu”
  • Walloon: “Sibiu”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Sibiu”
  • Western Panjabi: “سیبو”
  • Wu Chinese: “锡比乌”
  • Yue Chinese: “錫比烏”
  • “Sibiu”

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