Apold

Commune in Mureș, Romania

(2020–2024) Gabriel Mureșan^[1] (PNL)Area

125.41 km² (48.42 sq mi)Highest elevation

707 m (2,320 ft)Population

(2021-12-01)^[2]

3,065 • Density24/km² (63/sq mi)Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)Postal code

547040

Vehicle reg.MSWebsitecomunaapold.ro

Apold (German: Trapold) is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Apold, Daia (Denndorf; Dálya or Szászdálya), Șaeș (Schaas; Segesd), and Vulcan (Wolkendorf; Volkány). The route of the Via Transilvanica long-distance trail passes through the village of Daia.^[3]

Geography

The commune is located in the southern part of the county, on the border with Brașov and Sibiu counties. Its neighbors are as follows:^[4]

West: the commune Daneș.
East: the commune Saschiz.
North: the city of Sighișoara, and the communes Albești and Vânători.
South: the commune Brădeni, in Sibiu County.
South-East: the commune Bunești, in Brașov County.

Apold is traversed on a distance of 32 km (20 mi) by the river Șaeș, a left tributary of the Târnava Mare. The highest elevation is attained on the Bironului Hill, at 707 m (2,320 ft).^[4]

Natives

Radu Voina (born 1950), handball player and head coach

Gallery

Church in Daia
Fortified Saxon church in Șaeș

References

^ "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
^ "Terra Saxonum | Via Transilvanica". www.viatransilvanica.com (in Romanian). Retrieved 2023-08-14.
^ ^a ^b "Despre Comuna Apold". comunaapold.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved December 6, 2020.