Săsciori (; ) is a commune located in

Alba County Alba County () is a county (județ) of Romania located in the historic region of Transylvania. Its capital is Alba Iulia, a city with a population of 63,536. Name "Alba", meaning "white" in Latin and Romanian, is derived from the name of the ...

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. 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 The Transylvanian Plateau (; ) is a plateau in central Romania. Description The plateau lies within and takes its name from the historical region of Transylvania, and is almost entirely surrounded by the Eastern Carpathians, Eastern, Southern ...

, on the banks of the river

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

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

and south of the county seat,

Alba Iulia Alba Iulia (; or ''Carlsburg'', formerly ''Weißenburg''; ; ) is a city that serves as the seat of Alba County in the west-central part of Romania. Located on the river Mureș (river), Mureș in the historical region of Transylvania, it has a ...

. Săsciori is crossed by

national road The National Road (also known as the Cumberland Road) was the first major improved highway in the United States built by the federal government. Built between 1811 and 1837, the road connected the Potomac and Ohio Rivers and was a main tran ...

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

, which starts in Sebeș and runs due south over the

Parâng Mountains The Parâng Mountains (; ) are one of the highest mountain ridges in Romania and Southern Carpathians, with the highest peak, Parângu Mare, reaching 2,519 m. Description The Parâng Mountains are located in the south-western part of the Centr ...

to Novaci, in

Gorj County Gorj County () is a county () of Romania, in Oltenia, with its capital city at Târgu Jiu. ''Gorj'' comes from the Slavic ''Gornji'' Jiu (“upper Jiu”), in contrast with Dolnji (“lower Jiu”). Demographics At the 2011 census, the count ...

. 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 ...

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

Romanians Romanians (, ; dated Endonym and exonym, exonym ''Vlachs'') are a Romance languages, Romance-speaking ethnic group and nation native to Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. Sharing a Culture of Romania, ...

. By the 2021 census, the population had increased to 5,820, of which 84.4% were Romanians.

Natives

Sava Henția Sava Henția (1 February 1848, Sebeșel - 21 February 1904, Sebeșel) was an Austrian Empire, Imperial Austrian-born Romanian painter, decorator and illustrator. Biography He was one of fourteen surviving children of a priest. In 1862, after finis ...

(1848 – 1904), painter, decorator, and illustrator

References

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