Micăsasa
title: "Micăsasa" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["communes-in-sibiu-county", "localities-in-transylvania"] topic_path: "general/communes-in-sibiu-county" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micăsasa" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| type | commune |
| county | Sibiu |
| name | Micăsasa |
| image_shield | ROU SB Micasasa CoA.png |
| image_skyline | Biserica catolica din Micasasa.jpg |
| image_caption | Catholic church in Micăsasa |
| image_map | Micasasa jud Sibiu.jpg |
| map_caption | Location in Sibiu County |
| leader_name | Timotei Păcurar |
| leader_party | USR |
| leader_term | 2020–2024 |
| coordinates | |
| elevation | 284 |
| area_total | 71.38 |
| population_total | auto |
| postal_code | 557145 |
| area_code | +(40) x59 |
| website | |
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|type = commune |county = Sibiu |name = Micăsasa |image_flag = |image_shield = ROU SB Micasasa CoA.png |image_skyline = Biserica catolica din Micasasa.jpg |image_caption = Catholic church in Micăsasa |image_location = |image_map = Micasasa jud Sibiu.jpg |map_caption = Location in Sibiu County |leader_name = Timotei Păcurar |leader_party = USR |leader_term = 2020–2024 |coordinates = |elevation = 284 |elevation_min = |elevation_max = |area_total = 71.38 |area_footnotes = |population_as_of = |population_total = auto |population_footnotes = |postal_code = 557145 |area_code = +(40) x59 |website = Micăsasa (; ) is a commune located in Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Chesler (Kesseln; Keszlér), Micăsasa, Țapu (Abtsdorf an der Kokel; Csicsóholdvilág), and Văleni (Huruba). Micăsasa and Țapu villages have fortified churches.
The commune is situated on the Transylvanian Plateau, at an altitude of 284 m, on the banks of the river Târnava Mare. It is located in the northwestern part of Sibiu County, 14 km west of the town of Copșa Mică and 40 km north of the county seat, Sibiu, on the border with Alba County.
Micăsasa is crossed by national road , which branches off in Copșa Mică and merges into DN1 in Teiuș, 42 km to the west. The Micăsasa train station serves the CFR Main Line 300, which connects Bucharest with the Hungarian border near Oradea. The route of the Via Transilvanica long-distance trail passes through the village of Micăsasa.
At the 2011 census, the commune had 2,058 inhabitants; of those, 93.4% were Romanians, 4.4% Hungarians, 1.5% Roma, and 0.6% Germans. At the 2021 census, the population had decreased to 1,698, of which 87.28% were Romanians and 1% Hungarians.
Gallery
File:RO SB Micăsasa (11).jpg|Town hall of Micăsasa File:RO SB Micăsasa (4).jpg|Greek Catholic Church File:RO SB Micăsasa (1).jpg|Reformed church File:RO SB Micăsasa (14).jpg|Main Street of Micăsasa File:RO SB Micăsasa (12).jpg|Roman Catholic church „The holy trio” File:RO SB Micăsasa (17).jpg|Orthodox church File:RO SB Tapu 11.jpg|Țapu File:Peisaj.87.jpg|Chesler File:SaxonFortifiedChurchTapu.JPG|Fortified church of Țapu
References
References
- "Terra Saxonum {{!}} Via Transilvanica".
- (31 May 2023). "Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021". [[National Institute of Statistics (Romania).
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