Răşinari 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 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....

, Transylvania

Transylvania

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, Romania

Romania

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. It has a population of 5,645 inhabitants (census 2002) and is composed of two villages, Prislop (Priszloptelep) and Răşinari.

Răşinari is connected to Sibiu

Sibiu

Sibiu is a city in Transylvania, Romania with a population of 154,548. Located some 282 km north-west of Bucharest, the city straddles the Cibin River, a tributary of the river Olt...

 by a roughly 8-km tram

Tram

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 line through the Dumbrava Forest. The trams that are used these days on the line were formerly used in Geneva

Geneva

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 and retain their French-language

French language

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 signs.

Prislop

Prislop village has around 300 residents (as of 2010), of whom about 15 are ethnic Romanians

Romanians

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 and the rest Roma. However, at the 2002 census, the latter declared as Romanians, as they speak Romanian

Romanian language

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 and not Romani

Vlax Romani language

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. This caused the village to miss out on European Union

European Union

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 funds for Roma integration. For instance, a Phare

Phare

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 grant helped build a road from Răşinari to Prislop, but the road stops at the village entrance. The inhabitants live in poverty, their only guaranteed income being social assistance from town hall. In winter, some sell brooms and baskets, while in summer, others sell blueberries, raspberries and sponges. Access to safe drinking water and street lighting are limited, and the roads in the village are made of dirt. There is one school from kindergarten to 4th grade; pupils who finish can go on through 8th grade in Răşinari.

Famous natives

• Emil Cioran
  Emil Cioran
  -Early life:Emil M. Cioran was born in Răşinari, Sibiu County, which was part of Austria-Hungary at the time. His father, Emilian Cioran, was a Romanian Orthodox priest, while his mother, Elvira Cioran , was originally from Veneţia de Jos, a commune near Făgăraş.After studying humanities at the...
  
  
• Octavian Goga
  Octavian Goga
  Octavian Goga was a Romanian politician, poet, playwright, journalist, and translator.-Life:Born in Răşinari, nearby Sibiu, he was an active member in the Romanian nationalistic movement in Transylvania and of its leading group, the Romanian National Party in Austria-Hungary. Before World War I,...
  
  
• Ilarie Mitrea
• Daniel Popovici Barcianu