Șeica Mare (german: Marktschelken; hu, Nagyselyk) is a

commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...

located in

Sibiu County Sibiu County () is a county ( ro, județ) of Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania. Its county seat ( ro, reședință de județ) is the namesake town of Sibiu (german: Hermannstadt). Name In Hungarian, it is known as ''Szeben m ...

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. It is composed of six villages: Boarta, Buia, Mighindoala, Petiș, Șeica Mare and Ștenea. Calvaser (''Kaltwasser''; ''Hidegvíz'') was also a village until the late 20th century, when it was absorbed by Șeica Mare village. At the 2011 census, 88.8% of inhabitants were

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, 6%

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, 4.2% Roma and 1%

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Villages

It is composed of six villages: Buia village was first attested in a document of 1269, under the name of ''poss Bulla''. In 1918, it had 1167 residents, of whom 736 were Romanians and the rest Germans and Hungarians. By 2002, the population was down to 634: 516 Romanians, 104 Hungarians and three Roma. The village is in the southern part of the commune, linked to Șeica Mare by an 11 km stretch of county road.

Farkas Bolyai Farkas Bolyai (; 9 February 1775 – 20 November 1856; also known as Wolfgang Bolyai in Germany) was a Hungarian mathematician, mainly known for his work in geometry. Biography Bolyai was born in Bolya, a village near Hermannstadt, Grand Pr ...

was born there in 1775. Mighindoala (german: Engenthal, meaning "Angels' Valley", hu, Ingodály) is a small village in the Șeica Mare commune. This place is located at 46.0000 North latitude and 24.2833 East longitude. The altitude is above the sea level. As recently as 1975, the village had in excess of 50 houses, but was gradually deserted after the

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withdrew infrastructure such as teachers and doctors. As of 2004, there were only four people left in this village. There were only about ten buildings standing, including the

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church. The

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church no longer has a roof, and trees are growing inside it.see thi
photo
taken from inside the Orthodox Church The only economic activity there is agriculture, very much based on the traditional farming of sheep, cows and horses.

Gallery

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of Șeica Mare File:RO_SB_Seica_Mare_3.jpg, The

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of Șeica Mare File:RO_SB_Seica_Mare_1.jpg, The

of Șeica Mare

References

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