Saschiz


Saschiz is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, central Romania. It is composed of three villages: Cloașterf, Mihai Viteazu, and Saschiz.
Saschiz, with its 15th-century church, has been the home of a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Villages with fortified churches in Transylvania, since its designation in 1999.

Geography

Saschiz is situated on the, in the south-central part of the Transylvanian Plateau, at an altitude of, on the banks of the river Scroafa. It is located at the southern extremity of Mureș County, on the border with Brașov County. The commune is about east of the city of Sighișoara; the county seat, Târgu Mureș, is northwest of Saschiz.
The commune is crossed by national road , which connects Brașov with Sighișoara and Târgu Mureș. The route of the Via Transilvanica long-distance trail passes through both Saschiz and Cloașterf.

Demographics

At the 2002 census, Saschiz had a population of 2,048: 88% Romanians, 5% Germans, 4% Hungarians, and 3% Roma. At the 2011 census, the commune had 1,965 inhabitants, of which 82.29% were Romanians, 8.96% Roma, 3.05% Germans, and 2.09% Hungarians. At the 2021 census, Saschiz had a population of 2,080; of those, 85.82% were Romanians, 6.92% Roma, 1.97% Germans, and 1.06% Hungarians.

Natives