Sebiș

Sebiș (Hungarian: Borossebes) is a town in Arad County, western Transylvania, Romania. Situated 82 km 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 (Kertes) and Sălăjeni (Szelezsény). Its territory occupies 61.81 square km in the greater Sebiș Basin, which is a sub-unit of the Crișul Alb Basin.

For the river in Arad County, see Sebiș (river). For the village in Bihor County, see Drăgănești, Bihor. For the village in Bistrița-Năsăud County, see Șieuț.
Sebiș
Town
Location in Arad County
Sebiș
Location in Romania
Coordinates: 46°22′22″N 22°7′46″E
Country Romania
CountyArad
Government
 • MayorGheorghe-Petru Feieș[1] (PNL)
Area
65.94 km2 (25.46 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
5,979
 • Density91/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Vehicle reg.AR
Websitehttp://www.primariasebis.ro/

Demographics
Historical population
YearPop.±%
1977 6,070—    
1992 6,993+15.2%
2002 6,829−2.3%
2011 5,831−14.6%
Source: Census data

According to the 2011 census, the town has 5,831 inhabitants, of which 90.53% are Romanians, 6.68% Roma, 2.31% Hungarians, and 0,1% are 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 (opidum Sebes). 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 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 €100 million.[3]

Tourism

For the tourists Sebiș is the point of departure towards the superior course of the Crișului Alb River, towards the thermal bath in Moneasa and towards the peaks of the Codru-Moma Mountains.

Natives

References
  1. "Results of the 2016 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  2. "Populaţia stabilă pe judeţe, municipii, oraşe şi localităti componenete la RPL_2011" (in Romanian). National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  3. "Investiție de 100 mil. euro intr-un parc fotovoltaic la Arad" (in Romanian). wall-street.ro. 2013-02-06. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
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