Ocna Sibiului


Ocna Sibiului is a town in the centre of Sibiu County, in southern Transylvania, central Romania, to the north-west of the county seat, Sibiu. The town administers a single village, Topârcea.
The first spa resort was established here in 1845, and since then Ocna Sibiului has earned a reputation thanks to its heliothermal lakes formed on the site of old salt mines that had collapsed.
There are several salt lakes on the salt massif.
The temperate climate, aerosol-rich air, annual temperatures above the regional average, and recent renovations of the spa infrastructure have helped restore the town’s popularity as a health resort.
Ocna Sibiului is also of archaeological interest: Bronze Age tools have been discovered in the area and are currently exhibited at the Brukenthal [National Museum|Brukenthal Museum] in Sibiu.

Demographics

At the 2011 census, the town had 3,372 inhabitants, of which 89.4% were Romanians and 9.7% Hungarians. At the 2021 census, Ocna Sibiului had a population of 3,434; of those, 77.34% were Romanians, 6.61% Hungarians, and 2.82% Roma.

Natives