Bârghiș (; ) is a commune in the northern part of Sibiu County. It is situated in central Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania. The commune is composed of six villages: Apoș, Bârghiș, Ighișu Vechi, Pelișor, Vecerd, and Zlagna. Pelișor and Zlagna have fortified churches.
The commune is located on the Transylvanian Plateau, in the northeastern part of Sibiu County, about from the county seat, Sibiu. It lies on the banks of the rivers Bârghiș and Zlagna, both affluents of the Hârtibaciu.
At the 2011 census, 86.4% of inhabitants were Romanians, 5.9% Roma, 5.2% Hungarians, and 0.7% Germans.
In Romanian In German In Hungarian Apoș Abtsdorf bei Agnetheln Szászapátfalva Bârghiș Bürgisch Bürkös Ighișu Vechi Rumänisch Eibesdorf Oláhivánfalva Pelișor Magarei Magaré Vecerd Wetscherd Vecsérd Zlagna Schlatt Szászzalatna
Natives Liviu Constantinescu (1914 – 1997), geophysicist and academic
See also Villages with fortified churches in Transylvania
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