Ațel (German: Hetzeldorf; Transylvanian Saxon: Hätselderf; Hungarian: Ecel) is a commune in Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania.

It is composed of two villages, Ațel and Dupuș (Tobsdorf; Táblás).

The commune first appears in written history in 1283 as villa Echelini.

[3] Population number (grouped by ethnicity) from 1850 to 2011: The local medieval Evangelical Lutheran fortified church of Ațel was built by the native Transylvanian Saxon community and completed by the end of the 15th century; it is surrounded by double walls.

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