Sebiș () is a town in
Arad County
Arad County () is an administrative division ( județ) of Romania roughly translated into county in the western part of the country on the border with Hungary, mostly in the region of Crișana and few villages in Banat. The administrative cente ...
, western
Transylvania, Romania. Situated from the county capital, Sebiș is one of the most important urban centres in the
Crișul Alb
The Crișul Alb (Romanian language, Romanian), (Hungarian language, Hungarian: Fehér-Körös) is a river in western Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania, and in south-eastern Hungary (Békés County).
Its source is in the southern ...
valley. It administers three villages: Donceni (''Dancsfalva''), Prunișor (''Kertes''), and Sălăjeni (''Szelezsény'').
Geography
The town lies on the banks of the river
Sebiș
Sebiș () is a town in Arad County, western Transylvania, Romania. Situated from the county capital, Sebiș is one of the most important urban centres in the Crișul Alb valley. It administers three villages: Donceni (''Dancsfalva''), Prunișor ...
and its tributaries, the
Laz and the
Minezel. Its territory occupies in the greater Sebiș Basin, which is a sub-unit of the
Crișul Alb Basin.
Demographics
At the
2021 census, Sebiș had a population of 5,410.
At the
2011 census, the town had 5,831 inhabitants, of which 90.53% were
Romanians
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, 6.68%
Roma
Roma or ROMA may refer to:
People, characters, figures, names
* Roma or Romani people, an ethnic group living mostly in Europe and the Americas.
* Roma called Roy, ancient Egyptian High Priest of Amun
* Roma (footballer, born 1979), born ''Paul ...
, 2.31%
Hungarians
Hungarians, also known as Magyars, are an Ethnicity, ethnic group native to Hungary (), who share a common Culture of Hungary, culture, Hungarian language, language and History of Hungary, history. They also have a notable presence in former pa ...
, and 0,1% were of other or undeclared ethnicities.
History
The first documentary mention of the locality dates back to the year 1552, while later, in 1746 Sebiș had a market status (). Donceni was registered in 1439, Prunișor in 1406 and Sălăjeni in 1574.
Until the end of the 18th century Sebiș had been under
Ottoman occupation and later under
Habsburg
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administration. During the latter period the settlement had undergone an accentuated development.
Economy
The
Sebiș Solar Park, completed in December 2013, has about 317,000 state-of-the-art
thin film photovoltaic panels, for a total nameplate capacity of 65 megawatts. This is the largest photovoltaic power station in Romania, built at a cost of
€
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100 million.
Tourism
For the tourists Sebiș is the point of departure towards the superior course of the Crișul Alb River, towards the thermal bath in
Moneasa and towards the peaks of the
Codru-Moma Mountains
The Codru-Moma Mountains (Munții Codru-Moma) are a part of the Apuseni Mountains. They are specifically located in the Arad and Bihor counties, within the Western Romanian Carpathians of Crișana, Romania
Romania is a country located at ...
.
Natives
*
Mihai Beniuc
Mihai Beniuc (; 20 November 1907 – 24 June 1988) was a Romanian socialist realist poet, dramatist, and novelist.
Biography
He was born in 1907 in Sebiș, Arad County (at the time in Austria-Hungary), the son of Athanasie and Vaseline Beniuc. H ...
(1907–1988), socialist realist poet, dramatist, and novelist
References
Populated places in Arad County
Towns in Romania
Localities in Crișana
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