Laslea | |
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Apafi manor in Mălâncrav
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Location of Laslea |
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Location of Laslea | |
Coordinates: 46°13′N 24°39′E / 46.217°N 24.650°E | |
Country | Romania |
County | Sibiu County |
Population (2011) | 3,248 |
Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
• Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Laslea (German: Grosslasseln; Hungarian: Szászszentlászló) is a commune located in Sibiu County, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Florești, Laslea, Mălâncrav, Nou Săsesc and Roandola.
At the 2011 census, 61% of inhabitants were Romanians, 30% Roma, 7.5% Germans and 1% Hungarians. At the 2002 census, 76.2% were Romanian Orthodox, 7.2% Pentecostal, 5.7% Evangelical Lutheran, 5.2% Seventh-day Adventist, 2.6% Evangelical Church of Augustan Confession and 1.2% Baptist.
Mălâncrav is a village in Laslea commune. An asphalt road of 13 km leads to the village. In the village there is a small community of Transylvanian Saxons.
Here some of the most significant Gothic murals in Transylvania aside from those at Ghelința in Covasna County are found.
The Saxon Romanesque Lutheran church has early 14th-century Gothic murals in the apse. 15th-century ones are found in the nave and a 15th-century late Gothic altar.