Săsciori (german: Schweis, Sassenberg; hu, Szászcsór) is a commune located in Alba County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of nine villages: Căpâlna (''Sebeskápolna''), Dumbrava (''Sebeskákova''), Laz (''Sebesláz''), Loman (''Lomány''), Pleși (''Plesitelep''), Răchita (''Rekitta''), Săsciori, Sebeșel (''Sebeshely''), and Tonea (''Toneatelep''). The commune lies in the southwestern reaches of the Transylvanian Plateau, on the banks of the river

Sebeș Sebeș (; German: ''Mühlbach''; Hungarian: ''Szászsebes''; Transylvanian Saxon dialect: ''Melnbach'') is a city in Alba County, central Romania, southern Transylvania. Geography The city lies in the Mureș River valley and straddles the rive ...

. It is located in the southern part of Alba County, south of

and south of the county seat, Alba Iulia. Săsciori is crossed by national road

Transalpina (DN67C) The Transalpina or DN67C is a 148 km national road located in the Parâng Mountains group, Southern Carpathians of Romania, is one of the highest roads of the Carpathian Mountains. It connects Novaci, south of Parâng Mountains, to Sebeș in ...

, which starts in Sebeș and runs due south over the Parâng Mountains to Novaci, in

Gorj County Gorj County () is a county ( județ) of Romania, in Oltenia, with its capital city at Târgu Jiu. ''Gorj'' comes from the Slavic ''Gor(no)-'' Jiu (“upper Jiu”), in contrast with Dolj (“lower Jiu”). Demographics In 2011, the county had a ...

. At the 2011 census, the commune had a population of 5,757, of which 95.73% were

ethnic Romanians The Romanians ( ro, români, ; dated exonym ''Vlachs'') are a Romance languages, Romance-speaking ethnic group. Sharing a common Culture of Romania, Romanian culture and Cultural heritage, ancestry, and speaking the Romanian language, they l ...

. Căpâlna village is the site of the

Dacian fortress of Căpâlna Situated at the top of a steep hill, the Dacian fortress of Căpâlna was built in the second half of the 1st century BC as a military defense, guarding the entrance from the Sebeș Valley to the capital of the Dacian kingdom, Sarmizegetusa Re ...

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Communes in Alba County Localities in Transylvania {{Alba-geo-stub