Orlat (German: Winsberg; Hungarian: Orlát) is a commune in Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania, 17 km (11 mi) west of the county capital, Sibiu, in the Mărginimea Sibiului ethnographic area.

Orlat is one of the oldest villages in the Mărginimea Sibiului.

The 1st Romanian Border Guards Regiment [ro] (established by an Imperial decree signed by Maria Theresa of Austria on April 15, 1762) was located here.

[3] The regiment's mission was to guard the southern sector of the Transylvanian Military Frontier.

The Orlat train station serves the CFR Line 200, which runs from Brașov to the Hungarian border at Curtici.