Voila, Brașov

Voila (German: Wolldorf; Hungarian: Voila) is a commune in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Cincșor (Kleinschenk; Kissink), Dridif (Dridif), Ludișor (Ludisor), Sâmbăta de Jos (Untermühlendorf; Alsószombatfalva), Voila, and Voivodeni (Nagyvajdafalva). It included Sâmbăta de Sus and Stațiunea Climaterică Sâmbăta villages until 2003, when these were split off to form Sâmbăta de Sus commune.

Voila
Commune
Aerial view of Sâmbăta de Jos and the Făgăraș Mountains
Location within the county
Voila Location in Romania
Coordinates: 45°49′N 24°51′E
Country	Romania
County	Brașov
Government
• Mayor (2020–2024)	Gheorghe-Marian Osalciuc[1] (PNL)
Area	68.80 km2 (26.56 sq mi)
Highest elevation	440 m (1,440 ft)
Lowest elevation	420 m (1,380 ft)
Population  (2021-12-01)[2]	2,863
• Density	42/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Postal code	507260
Area code	(+40) 02 68
Vehicle reg.	BV
Website	comunavoila.ro

The Voila commune is located in the western part of the county, in the historic Țara Făgărașului region, on the left bank of the river Olt. The rivers Breaza and Sâmbăta discharge into the Olt at Voila. The Voila Hydropower Plant on the Olt River has a reservoir with a capacity of 10.3 million cubic metres (13.5×10^⁶ cu yd) of water, which covers an area of 281.5 hectares (696 acres).^[3]

The commune is traversed by the DN1 road; it is 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) west of Făgăraș and 67 kilometres (42 mi) east of Sibiu. Of note is the Cincșor fortified church [ro], which dates from the 13th century.

References

1. "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
2. "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
3. "Comuna Voila – Date administrative" (in Romanian). Retrieved November 19, 2020.

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  A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter over Voila
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  Fortified church in Cincșor
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  Bridge over the Olt River at Cincșor
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  Church of the Dormition in Voivodeni