Ațel
Sign in to savethumb|right|Villages with fortified churches in Transylvania|Fortified church of Ațel Ațel (; Transylvanian Saxon: Hätselderf; ) is a commune in Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Ațel and Dupuș (Tobsdorf; Táblás). The commune first appears in written history in 1283 as villa Echelini. Later appearances in written documents are villa Heclini (1289), Hetzelini villa and villa Eczlen (1359), Ecczel (1365), and Heczeldorf (1548). A church is mentioned as of 1380.
Key facts
- Romanian subdivision.type
- commune
- Romanian subdivision.county
- Sibiu
- Romanian subdivision.population_total
- auto
- Romanian subdivision.map_caption
- Location in Sibiu County
- Romanian subdivision.name
- Ațel
- Romanian subdivision.other_name
- Hetzeldorf
- Romanian subdivision.image_skyline
- File:Ansamblul bisericii evanghelice fortificate vedere aeriana.JPG
- Romanian subdivision.image_caption
- Aerial view of Ațel/Hatzeldorf with the local medieval Evangelical Lutheran fortified church in the centre
- Romanian subdivision.image_map
- Atel jud Sibiu.jpg
- Romanian subdivision.established_date
- 1283 (first attested)
- Romanian subdivision.area_total_km2
- 27.21
- Romanian subdivision.leader_name
- Ioan-Ovidiu Aldea
- Romanian subdivision.leader_party
- PNL
- Romanian subdivision.leader_term
- 2020–2024
- Romanian subdivision.subdivisions
- Ațel, Dupuș
- Romanian subdivision.postal_code
- 557020
- Romanian subdivision.website
- Primăria Comunei Ațel
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Demographics
- Local architecture
- Notes
- References
- External links
thumb|right|Villages with fortified churches in Transylvania|Fortified church of Ațel Ațel (; Transylvanian Saxon: Hätselderf; ) is a commune in Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Ațel and Dupuș (Tobsdorf; Táblás). The commune first appears in written history in 1283 as villa Echelini. Later appearances in written documents are villa Heclini (1289), Hetzelini villa and villa Eczlen (1359), Ecczel (1365), and Heczeldorf (1548). A church is mentioned as of 1380.
== Demographics ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ațel” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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