Amlaș
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The City Hall
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 Săliște
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| Coordinates: 45°47′39″N 23°53′11″E / 45.79417°N 23.88639°ECoordinates: 45°47′39″N 23°53′11″E / 45.79417°N 23.88639°E | ||
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 Romania
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| County | Sibiu County | |
| Status | Town | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Horațiu-Dumitru Răcuciu (National Liberal Party) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 226.78 km2 (87.56 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011) | ||
| • Total | 5,040 | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
| Website | http://www.saliste-sibiu.ro/ | |
Săliște (German: Großendorf or Selischte; Hungarian: Szelistye) is a town in Sibiu County in the centre of Romania, 21 km west of the county capital, Sibiu, the main locality in the Mărginimea Sibiului area.
The town is situated at the edge of the Cindrel Mountains, on a series of river valleys which flow into the Cibin River in the South part of the Transylvanian Plateau. The main town of Săliște has a population of 2,830; it also administers nine villages:
Originally all the localities, except the village of Amnaș, were inhabited by Romanians. As of 2011, 95.7% of inhabitants were Romanians, 3.3% Roma and 0.6% Germans.
Most Romanians are Orthodox and the Germans still living in Amnaș are Lutheran Evangelical. There are also some small Protestant Churches.
Traditionally the main occupation was shepherding and related activities. Today this occupies a smaller percentage of the workforce, but remains important alongside other agricultural activities. Light industry was developed in the recent period and there are some textile workshops. Commerce and services are also an important activity. The area around Aciliu and Amnaș is well suited for wines and around Mag and Săcel there are a series of artificial lakes for fish farming.
The area was inhabited for a very long time, and on a hill between Sălişte and the nearby commune of Tilișca there are the ruins of an old Dacian citadel. The first document mentioning the town is from 1354 and refers, in Latin, to Magna Villa. Early names would be Nogfalu in Hungarian and Grossdorf in German. Later, in 1383 the village is known as Magna Villa Valachiealis (Big Village of the Vlachs), denoting its ethnically Romanian population. Still later, it was one of the villages in the Țara Almașului, an area sometimes ruled by Wallachian rulers.
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