Orlat is a commune in Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania, 17 km west of the county capital, Sibiu, in the Mărginimea Sibiului ethnographic a…Orlat is a commune in Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania, 17 km west of the county capital, Sibiu, in the Mărginimea Sibiului ethnographic area. It is composed of a single village, Orlat. The commune lies in the foothills of the Cindrel Mountains, on the banks of the river Cibin and its affluents, the rivers Săliște and Orlat.