Întorsura Buzăului
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Întorsura Buzăului Bodsau Bodzaforduló |
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 Romania
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| Historical region : | Transylvania | ||||
| Circle : | Covasna | ||||
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 40 ′ N , 26 ° 2 ′ E | ||||
| Time zone : | EET ( UTC +2) | ||||
| Height : | 706 m | ||||
| Area : | 60.97 km² | ||||
| Residents : | 7,528 (October 20, 2011) | ||||
| Population density : | 123 inhabitants per km² | ||||
| Postal code : | 525300 | ||||
| Telephone code : | (+40) 02 67 | ||||
| License plate : | CV | ||||
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| Community type : | city | ||||
| Structure : | 3 districts / cadastral communities: Brădet , Floroaia , Scrădoasa | ||||
| Mayor : | Leca Băncilă ( ALDE ) | ||||
| Postal address : | St. Mihai Viteazu, no. 173 loc. Întorsura Buzăului, jud. Covasna, RO-525300 |
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| City Festival : | September | ||||
Întorsura Buzăului ( German Bodsau , Hungarian Bodzaforduló ) is a town in the Covasna district in Romania .
Geographical location
Întorsura Buzăului is located in a valley in the middle of the southern part of the Eastern Carpathians on the upper reaches of the river Buzău . The place name means something like "bend of the Buzău" because the river here changes its direction from northeast to southeast. The city is located between the mountains of Întorsura in the west and north, Penteleu in the east, Siriu in the southeast and Ciucaș in the southwest. The district capital Sfântu Gheorghe ( Sankt Georgen ) is located about 30 km northwest of Întorsura Buzăului.
history
The oldest archaeological finds come from the Neolithic. The Întorsura Buzăului basin was not settled until late. The meadows and forests were on the outermost edge of Transylvania and belonged to some Szekler villages and the Transylvanian-Saxon villages of Tartlau and Kronstadt . An important trade route ran through the valley from Wallachia to Transylvania. In October 1599, the Wallachian prince Mihai Viteazul camped here on his way to Transylvania. Romanian settlers founded the first permanent housing around 1750 . Most probably came from the area around Zărneşti . In 1805 a Romanian Orthodox community is registered. In 1931 the railway line to Brașov was put into operation, which included the longest tunnel in Romania (4369 m). In 1968 Întorsura Buzăului received city status.
The city lives mainly from agriculture, cattle breeding, wood processing and tourism.
population
In 1850, 1157 inhabitants were registered in the area of today's town. 1147 were Romanians . The population increased until 1920 (5333), then a significant decrease until 1930 (3444), before the number of inhabitants increased again continuously. At the 2002 census, 8,926 people lived in Întorsura Buzăului, 6,637 of them in the city proper and 2,289 in the cadastral communities. 6567 identified themselves as Romanians, 54 as Hungarians and 15 as Roma .
traffic
From Întorsura Buzăului currently (2009) about seven local trains run daily on the Brașov – Întorsura Buzăului railway to Brașov. The route is operated by the private provider Regiotrans . The city is located on the national road 10 from Brașov to Buzău .
Attractions
- Wooden houses (19th century)
sons and daughters of the town
- Valeriu Bularca (1931-2017), wrestler
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2011 census in Romania at citypopulation.de
- ↑ a b CrestinOrtodox.ro, accessed on February 5, 2009
- ↑ a b Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (Ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen. Kraft, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 , p. 357.
- ↑ tourismguide.ro, accessed on February 5, 2009
- ^ Censuses in Transylvania 1850–2002 (Hungarian; PDF; 460 kB), accessed on February 5, 2009
