Bârghiş is a commune

Communes of Romania

A commune is the lowest level of administrative subdivision in Romania. There are 2686 communes in Romania. The commune is the rural subdivision of a county .There is no clear restriction on the population of a commune, even though when a commune...

 in the northern part of Sibiu County

Sibiu County

Sibiu is a county of Romania, in the historical region Transylvania, with the capital city Sibiu.-Demographics:In 2002, it had a population of 421,724 and the population density was 78/km²....

. It is situated in central Romania

Romania

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, in the historical region

Historical regions of Romania

At various times during the late 19th and 20th centuries, Romania extended over the following historical regions:Wallachia:*Muntenia or Greater Wallachia: as part of Wallachia, joined Moldavia in 1859 to create modern Romania;...

 of Transylvania

Transylvania

Transylvania is a historical region in the central part of Romania. Bounded on the east and south by the Carpathian mountain range, historical Transylvania extended in the west to the Apuseni Mountains; however, the term sometimes encompasses not only Transylvania proper, but also the historical...

. The commune is composed of six villages: Apoş, Bârghiş, Ighişu Vechi, Pelişor, Vecerd, and Zlagna. Pelişor has a fortified church

Fortified church

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Bârghiş has a population of about 2,146, of which 1,722 are Romanians

Romanians

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, 117 Hungarians, 285 Roma, and 21 Germans

Germans

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Natives

Ioan Ghip, poet