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{{Infobox Romanian subdivision
|type               = town
|county             = Arad
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|image_caption      = View of Prunișor
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|image_map          = Sebis jud Arad.png
|map_caption        = Location in Arad County
|leader_name        = Cristian Feieș<ref>{{cite web |url=https://prezenta.roaep.ro/locale27092020/romania-pv-final |title=Results of the 2020 local elections |publisher=Central Electoral Bureau |access-date=8 June 2021 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|leader_party       = PNL
|term               = 2020&ndash;2024
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|elevation          = 157
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|postal_code        = 315700
|area_code          = (+40) 02 57
|website            = {{URL|http://www.primariasebis.ro}}
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'''Sebiș''' ({{langx|hu|Borossebes}}) is a town in [[Arad County]], western [[Transylvania, Romania]]. Situated {{cvt|82|km}} from the county capital, Sebiș is one of the most important urban centres in the [[Crișul Alb]] valley. It administers three villages: Donceni (''Dancsfalva''), Prunișor (''Kertes''), and Sălăjeni (''Szelezsény'').

==Geography==
The town lies on the banks of the river [[Sebiș (river)|Sebiș]] and its tributaries, the [[Laz (river)|Laz]] and the [[Minezel]]. Its territory occupies {{cvt|61.81|km2}} in the greater Sebiș Basin, which is a sub-unit of the [[Crișul Alb|Crișul Alb Basin]].

==Demographics==
{{Historical populations
|source = Census data
|1977 |6070
|1992 |6993
|2002 |6829
|2011 |5831
|2021 |5410
}}
At the [[2021 Romanian census|2021 census]], Sebiș had a population of 5,410.<ref name="RPL2021">{{cite web|url=https://www.recensamantromania.ro/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Tabel-1.03_1.3.1-si-1.03.2.xls|title=Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021|publisher=[[National Institute of Statistics (Romania)|INSSE]]|language=ro|date=31 May 2023}}</ref> At the [[2011 Romanian census|2011 census]], the town had 5,831 inhabitants, of which 90.53% were [[Romanians]], 6.68% [[Romani people in Romania|Roma]], 2.31% [[Hungarians]], and 0,1% were of other or undeclared ethnicities.

==History==
The first documentary mention of the locality dates back to the year 1552, while later, in 1746 Sebiș had a market status ({{lang|ro|italic=no|opidum Sebes}}). Donceni was registered in 1439, Prunișor in 1406 and Sălăjeni in 1574.

Until the end of the 18th century Sebiș had been under [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] occupation and later under [[Habsburg monarchy|Habsburg]] administration. During the latter period the settlement had undergone an accentuated development.

==Economy==
The [[Sebiș Solar Park]], completed in December 2013, has about 317,000 state-of-the-art [[Thin-film solar cell|thin film photovoltaic panels]], for a total nameplate capacity of 65 megawatts.  This is the largest photovoltaic power station in Romania, built at a cost of [[Euro sign|€]]100 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wall-street.ro/articol/Companii/143868/investitie-parc-fotovoltaic.html|title=Investiție de 100 mil. euro intr-un parc fotovoltaic la Arad|date=2013-02-06|website=www.wall-street.ro|language=ro|access-date=2020-08-06}}</ref>

==Tourism==
For the tourists Sebiș is the point of departure towards the superior course of the Crișul Alb River, towards the thermal bath in [[Moneasa]] and towards the peaks of the [[Codru-Moma Mountains]].

==Natives==
*[[Mihai Beniuc]] (1907–1988), socialist realist poet, dramatist, and novelist

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