Iacobeni, Sibiu

Iacobeni (German: Jakobsdorf; Hungarian: Jakabfalva) is a commune located in Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania.

Iacobeni
Location in Sibiu County
Iacobeni
Location in Romania
Coordinates: 46°3′N 24°43′E
Country Romania
CountySibiu
Population
 (2011)[1]
2,757
Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Vehicle reg.SB

At the 2011 census, 60.2% of inhabitants were Romanians, 35.8% Roma and 1.3% Germans.

Villages

St. Michael's Church in Movile

The commune is composed of five villages: Iacobeni, Movile (Hundertbücheln; Százhalom), Netuș (Neithausen; Netus), Noiștat (Neustadt; Újváros) and Stejărișu (Probstdorf; Prépostfalva). Each of them has a fortified church.

Movile

Movile is a village noted for its medieval fortifications constructed by German immigrants at the behest of the Hungarian King in the 12th and 13th centuries.

In 1910 the population was 247 Saxons. Movile was part of Austria-Hungary until 1918, when it was transferred to Romania. By 1992, all of the Germans had left and the population was made up of 347 ethnic Romanians.

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References

  1. "Populaţia stabilă pe judeţe, municipii, oraşe şi localităti componenete la RPL_2011" (in Romanian). National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  • (in Romanian)"Movile" information and photographs
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