Sibiu County
Sibiu County lies to the north of the Carpathian mountains in Transylvania, Romania.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Sibiu and Mediaș.
Sibiu
Sibiu is a town in southern Transylvania, Romania, 280 km by road from Bucharest. The old town centre is very attractive. Sibiu is also a good base for exploring elsewhere in Transylvania.
Mediaș
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Mediaș or Medgyes or Mediasch is the second biggest city in Sibiu County, with a population of around 50,000.
Dumbrăveni
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Dumbraveni is a town in the north of Sibiu County, in the centre of Transylvania, central Romania. Before 1945, it was called Ibaşfalău. The town lies on the banks of the Târnava Mare River, 20 km east from the city of Mediaş, the second largest city in the county.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Ocna Sibiului and Biertan.
Ocna Sibiului
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Ocna Sibiului is a town in the centre of Sibiu County, in southern Transylvania, central Romania, 10 km to the north-west of the county seat, Sibiu. The town administers a single village, Topârcea.
Biertan
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Biertan is a commune in Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania. The commune is composed of three villages: Biertan, Copșa Mare, and Richiș, each of which has a fortified church.
Păltiniș
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Păltiniş is a mountain resort in Transylvania, Romania, 35 km south-west from Sibiu in the Cindrel Mountains. It is situated at 1440 m altitude, being the highest resort in Romania.
Sibiu County
- Type: county of Romania with 388,000 residents
- Description: county of Romania
- Also known as: “judeţul Sibiu”, “județul Sibiu”, “Kreis Hermannstadt”, “RO126”, and “Szeben megye”
- Neighbors: Alba County, Brașov County, and Mureș County
- Location: Transylvania, Romania, Balkans, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Achinese to Wu Chinese—“Sibiu County” goes by many names.
- Achinese: “Propinsi Sibiu”
- Arabic: “مقاطعة سيبيو”
- Aragonese: “Provincia de Sibiu”
- Armenian: “Սիբիու”
- Asturian: “Conceyu de Sibiu”
- Azerbaijani: “Sibiu”
- Basque: “Sibiu konderria”
- Basque: “Sibiu”
- Bavarian: “Kreis Hermannstadt”
- Belarusian: “жудзец Сібіу”
- Belarusian: “жудзец Сыбіў”
- Belarusian: “Сібіу (жудзец)”
- Belarusian: “Сібіу”
- Belarusian: “Сыбіў (жудзец)”
- Belarusian: “Сыбіў”
- Bengali: “সিবিউ কাউন্টি”
- Bosnian: “Sibiu (okrug)”
- Bosnian: “Sibiu”
- Bulgarian: “Жудец Сибиу”
- Bulgarian: “Окръг Сибиу”
- Bulgarian: “Сибиу”
- Catalan: “Comtat de Sibiu”
- Catalan: “Província de Sibiu”
- Cebuano: “Județul Sibiu”
- Chinese: “Sibiu Koān”
- Chinese: “錫比烏縣”
- Chinese: “锡比乌县”
- Croatian: “Sibiu”
- Czech: “Sibiň”
- Czech: “Sibiu”
- Danish: “Județul Sibiu”
- Danish: “Sibiu”
- Dutch: “district Sibiu”
- Dutch: “District Sibiu”
- Dutch: “judeţul Sibiu”
- Dutch: “județul Sibiu”
- Dutch: “Kreis Hermannstadt”
- Dutch: “Szeben megye”
- Esperanto: “distrikto Sibiu”
- Esperanto: “Distrikto Sibiu”
- Esperanto: “judeţul Sibiu”
- Esperanto: “județul Sibiu”
- Esperanto: “Kreis Hermannstadt”
- Esperanto: “Szeben megye”
- Estonian: “Sibiu maakond”
- Finnish: “Sibiu”
- Finnish: “Sibiun piirikunta”
- French: “judet de Sibiu”
- French: “judeţ de Sibiu”
- French: “Județ de Sibiu”
- French: “judeţul Sibiu”
- French: “județul Sibiu”
- French: “Kreis Hermannstadt”
- French: “Sibiu”
- French: “Szeben megye”
- Galician: “Condado de Sibiu”
- Galician: “Provincia de Sibiu”
- Georgian: “სიბიუს ჟუდეცი”
- German: “Bezirk Sibiu”
- German: “Hermannstadt”
- German: “judeţul Sibiu”
- German: “județul Sibiu”
- German: “Kreis Hermannstadt”
- German: “Kreis Sibiu”
- German: “RO-SB”
- German: “Sibiu”
- German: “Szeben megye”
- Greek: “Τζουντέτς του Σιμπίου”
- Gujarati: “સિબિયુ કાઉન્ટી”
- Hebrew: “מחוז סיביו”
- Hebrew: “סיביו”
- Hindi: “सिबिउ काउंटी”
- Hungarian: “judeţul Sibiu”
- Hungarian: “județul Sibiu”
- Hungarian: “Kreis Hermannstadt”
- Hungarian: “Szeben megye”
- Hungarian: “Szeben”
- Indonesian: “County Sibiu”
- Indonesian: “Provinsi Sibiu”
- Indonesian: “Provinsi Szeben”
- Irish: “Sibiu”
- Italian: “distretto di Sibiu”
- Italian: “Distretto di Sibiu”
- Italian: “judeţul Sibiu”
- Italian: “județul Sibiu”
- Italian: “Kreis Hermannstadt”
- Italian: “Szeben megye”
- Japanese: “シビウ県”
- Kannada: “ಸಿಬಿಯು ಕೌಂಟಿ”
- Korean: “시비우주”
- Ladino: “Sibiu (vilayet)”
- Ladino: “Sibiu”
- Latin: “Cibinium”
- Latvian: “Sibiu žudecs”
- Lithuanian: “Sibiu apskritis”
- Lombard: “Distret de Sibiu”
- Luxembourgish: “Bezierk Sibiu”
- Macedonian: “Сибиу”
- Malay: “Wilayah Sibiu”
- Marathi: “सिबियु काउंटी”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Sibiu Koān”
- Mongolian: “Сибиу аймаг”
- Mongolian: “Сибиу тойрог”
- Northern Frisian: “Sibiu (Kreis)”
- Northern Frisian: “Sibiu”
- Northern Sami: “Sibiu guovlu”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sibiu Judeţ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sibiu”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sibiu fylke”
- Norwegian: “Sibiu”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Comtat de Sibiu”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Sibiu”
- Persian: “شهرستان سیبیو”
- Polish: “Okręg Sybin”
- Portuguese: “condado de Sibiu”
- Portuguese: “judeţul Sibiu”
- Portuguese: “județul Sibiu”
- Portuguese: “Kreis Hermannstadt”
- Portuguese: “Sibiu”
- Portuguese: “Szeben megye”
- Romanian: “judeţul Sibiu”
- Romanian: “județul Sibiu”
- Romanian: “Județul Sibiu”
- Romanian: “Kreis Hermannstadt”
- Romanian: “Sibiu”
- Romanian: “Szeben megye”
- Russian: “Сибиу”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Sibiu (Siorrachd)”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Sibiu”
- Serbian: “Judeţul Sibiu”
- Serbian: “Sibinj”
- Serbian: “Жупанија Сибињ”
- Serbian: “Сибију”
- Serbian: “Сибињ”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Sibiu”
- Sinhala: “සිබියු ප්රාන්තය”
- Slovak: “Sibiu”
- Slovenian: “Județul Sibiu”
- Slovenian: “Okrožje Sibiu”
- Slovenian: “RO-SB”
- Spanish: “distrito de Sibiu”
- Spanish: “Distrito de Sibiu”
- Spanish: “judeţul Sibiu”
- Spanish: “județul Sibiu”
- Spanish: “Kreis Hermannstadt”
- Spanish: “Sibiu”
- Spanish: “Szeben megye”
- Swedish: “Sibiu”
- Tajik: “Vilojati Sibiju”
- Tajik: “Вилояти Сибию”
- Tamil: “சிபியு கவுண்டி”
- Telugu: “సిబియు కౌంటీ”
- Thai: “เทศมณฑลซีบิว”
- Turkish: “Sibin”
- Turkish: “Sibiu ili”
- Ukrainian: “Сібіу”
- Urdu: “سیبیو کاؤنٹی”
- Uzbek: “Sibiu okrugi”
- Vietnamese: “Hạt Sibiu”
- Walloon: “Sibiu”
- Waray (Philippines): “Kondado han Sibiu”
- Welsh: “Sir Sibiu”
- Western Panjabi: “سیبیؤ کاؤنٹی”
- Wu Chinese: “锡比乌县”
- “Județul Sibiu”
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