Sighișoara

city in Mureș County, Romania
Organization municipality_of_romania Q193001
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

Sighișoara is a municipality of Romania[1]. Sighișoara ranks in the top 8% of municipality of romania entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,244 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: Organization of World Heritage Cities[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Mureș County[4]
  • Country: Romania[5]
  • Head of government: Ioan-Iulian Sîrbu[6]
  • Capital: Sighișoara[7]
  • Twinned administrative body: Blois[8], Baden[9], Città di Castello[10], Dinkelsbühl[11], Kiskunfélegyháza[12], Zamość[13]
  • Postal code: 545400[14]
  • Commons category: Sighișoara[15]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+02:00[16], UTC+03:00[17]
  • Inception: 1224[18]
  • Official website: https://primariasighisoara.ro/[19]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Sighișoara[20]
  • Email address: mailto:primaria@sighisoara.org.ro[21]
  • Population: 28,102[22], 10,913[23], 13,033[24], 18,284[25], 20,363[26], 25,109[27], 33,072[28], 36,170[29], 32,304[30], 23,927[31]
  • Office held by head of government: mayor of Sighișoara[32]
  • Phone number: +40-265771280[33]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[34], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[35], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[36], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[37]
  • Capital of: Sighișoara Seat[38]
  • Contains settlement: Sighișoara[39], Angofa[40], Aurel Vlaicu[41], Hetiur[42], Rora[43], Șoromiclea[44], Venchi[45], Viilor[46]
  • Official name: Sighișoara[47]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Sighișoara[48]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Sighișoara[49]
  • Native label: Sighișoara[50], Segesvár[51]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Sighișoara[52]
  • Elevation above sea level: 380.000000 m[53]

Why It Matters

Sighișoara has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] Sighișoara is known by 82 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . prezenta.roaep.ro. prezenta.roaep.ro. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . primariasighisoara.ro. primariasighisoara.ro. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . zamosc.pl. zamosc.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . coduripostaleok.ro. coduripostaleok.ro. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [3] ↑ . ovpm.org. Retrieved . ovpm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Q135973562. Retrieved . romaniadategeografice.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . docs.google.com. docs.google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . recensamantromania.ro. Retrieved . recensamantromania.ro. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . 2021 Romanian census. wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  51. [53] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [54] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [55] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Sighișoara. Retrieved October 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/sighi-oara
MLA “Sighișoara.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/sighi-oara.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_sighi-oara_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Sighișoara}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/sighi-oara}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-10}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Sighișoara — https://4ort.xyz/entity/sighi-oara (retrieved 2026-10-10)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/sighi-oara · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 14w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for maps or plans → Category:Maps of Sighișoara
    Capital → —
    Dewey decimal classification → 2--4984
    Category of associated people → Category:People from Sighișoara
    + 35 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14586: 92358, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782930762135"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.