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Boița (german: Ochsendorf; hu, Bojca; la, Caput Stenarum) is a commune in Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania, at the foothills of the
Cindrel Mountains Cindrel Mountains (also known as Cândrel Mountains, Cibin Mountains, or the Szeben Alps) are a group of mountains in central Romania in the centre of the Southern Carpathians, in the North-East of the Parâng Mountains group. From the Transylva ...
, south of the county capital Sibiu, in the Mărginimea Sibiului ethnographic area, on the main road between Sibiu and the southern part of Romania, the National road 7/ European route 81, at the entrance of the
Olt River The Olt (Romanian and Hungarian; german: Alt; la, Aluta or ', tr, Oltu, grc, Ἄλυτος ''Alytos'') is a river in Romania. It is long, and its basin area is . It is the longest river flowing exclusively through Romania. Its average disch ...
defile. The commune is composed of four villages: Boița, Lazaret, Lotrioara (''Latorvár'') and Paltin. These were part of
Tălmaciu Tălmaciu (german: Talmesch; hu, Nagytalmács) is a town in Sibiu County, in central Romania, south of the county seat, Sibiu. It lies on the eastern end of the Mărginimea Sibiului area. At the 2011 census, 95.3% of inhabitants were Romanians, ...
town until 2004, when they were split off. In 1910 the village had 1,657 inhabitants.


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Caput Stenarum (castra) Caput StenarumCristian M. Vlădescu - ''FortificaÈ›iile romane din Dacia Inferior'', Ed. Scrisul Românesc, 1986 was a castra, fort in the Roman province of Roman Dacia, Dacia in the 2nd century AD. It is located 700 m east of the village BoiÈ ...


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