Șercaia | |
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 Church in Vad village | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location within the county | |
  Șercaia Location in Romania | |
| Coordinates: 45°50′N 25°8′E / 45.833°N 25.133°E | |
| Country | Romania |
| County | Brașov |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2024) | Cristinel Paltin (PNL) |
Area | 92.64 km2 (35.77 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 449 m (1,473 ft) |
| Population (2021-12-01)[1] | 2,865 |
| • Density | 30.93/km2 (80.10/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 507195 |
| Area code | (+40) 02 68 |
| Vehicle reg. | BV |
| Website | www |
Șercaia (German: Schirkanyen; Hungarian: Sárkány; Turkish: Saruhan) is a commune in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Hălmeag (Halmagen; Halmágy; Halmaç), Șercaia, and Vad (Waadt, Waden; Vád). The Hungarian name means "dragon".
Geography
editThe commune is located in the Burzenland ethnographic area, in the central part of the county, 14 km (8.7 mi) east of Făgăraș and 53 km (33 mi) northwest of the county seat, Brașov. The river Șercaia (a left affluent of the Olt) flows south to north through the commune.
Șercaia is situated on European route E68, which connects Brașov to Szeged in Hungary. National Road DN73A runs from Predeal to Șercaia, going along the way through the towns of Râșnov and Zărnești.
The commune also has a small train station that serves the CFR Line 200, which runs from Brașov to Curtici, on the Hungarian border.
Demographics
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1850 | 3,973 | — |
| 1920 | 4,266 | +7.4% |
| 1966 | 3,756 | −12.0% |
| 2002 | 3,050 | −18.8% |
| 2011 | 2,822 | −7.5% |
| 2021 | 2,865 | +1.5% |
| Source: Census data | ||
At the 2011 census, the commune had 2,822 inhabitants, of which 81.33% were Romanians, 10.31% Hungarians, 4% Roma, and 0.8% Germans. At the 2021 census, Șercaia had a population of 2,865; of those, 69.9% were Romanians, 16.09% Roma, and 4.54% Hungarians.[2]
Natives
edit- Augustin Bunea (1857–1909), priest and historian
- Alexandru Ciurcu (1854–1922), inventor
- Katalin Varga (1802–aft. 1852), leader of the Transylvanian Miners' Movement
References
edit- ^ "2021 Romanian census". National Institute of Statistics. 1 December 2021.
- ^ "Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (in Romanian). INSSE. 31 May 2023.
- ^ Popescu, Dorin (1956). "Cercetări arheologice în Transilvania". Materiale și cercetāri arheologice (in Romanian). Institutul de Arheologie, Bucharest, Romania. p. 221. ISSN 1220-5222.
- ^ Coles, John; Harding, A. F. (1979). The Bronze Age in Europe. Routledge. p. 366. ISBN 978-0-416-70650-5.
Lutheran parish house in Șercaia
Orthodox church in Șercaia
Șercaia train station
Lutheran church in Hălmeag
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