Recea (Brașov)

Recea
Vajdarécse

Basic data

State :

Romania

Historical region :

Transylvania

Circle :

Brașov

Coordinates :

45 ° 44 ' N , 24 ° 57' E Coordinates: 45 ° 43 '54 " N , 24 ° 56' 38" E

Time zone :

EET ( UTC +2)

Height :

545 m

Area :

159.44 km²

Residents :

3,118 (October 20, 2011)

Population density :

20 inhabitants per km²

Postal code :

507180

Telephone code :

(+40) 02 68

License plate :

BV

Structure and administration (as of 2016)

Community type :

local community

Structure :

Recea, Berivoi , Dejani , Gura Văii , Iași , Săsciori , Săvăstreni

Mayor :

Gheorghe Lazea ( PNL )

Postal address :

Str. Principală, no. 42
loc. Recea, jud. Brașov, RO-507180

Website :

www.comunarecea.ro

Recea ( Hungarian Vajdarécse ) is a municipality in Brașov County , in Transylvania , Romania .

Geographical location

Location of Recea in Brașov County

The municipality of Recea is located south of the Transylvanian Basin in the northern foothills of the Făgăraş Mountains ( Fagaras Mountains ). On the Săvăstreni brook a left tributary of the Olt ( Alt ) and on the district roads ( drum județean ) DJ 104A and 104C, the place Recea is 14 kilometers south of the city of Făgăraş ( Fogarasch ); the district capital Brașov ( Kronstadt ) is located about 70 kilometers to the east.

history

The place Recea was mentioned in documents in 1486 or 1556, according to different statements. At the time of the Austro-Hungarian Empire , a company of a border regiment was stationed in Recea.

In the Kingdom of Hungary , today's municipality was in the Fogaras district in the historic Fagaras County , then in Făgăraș County and, from 1950, today's Brașov County.

The present place was created by the merger of the two settlements Recea Nouă with Recea Veche - Telekirécse , named after the Hungarian noble family Teleki - 1964.

population

In the 1850 census, 5129 people were counted on the area of today's Recea municipality. In the community, which is predominantly Romanian , the highest number of inhabitants (5604) and also that of the Romanians (5603) were registered in 1920. The Roma (263) were determined in 2002, the Magyars (12) in 1977 and the Romanian Germans (14) in 1956. In 2011 there were 3,118 people in the community of Recea. 2,867 were Romanians, 123 Roma, five were Magyars and the rest gave no information about their ethnicity.

The main occupation of the population is agriculture and wood processing.

Attractions

In the incorporated village of Săsciori, the Romanian Orthodox Church Sf. Nicolae , built in the 17th century, is a listed building.

Sf. Nicolae Church in Săsciori
Monastery and ...
… Church in Dejani

Personalities

Johann Boeriu von Polichna (1859–1949), Romanian Austro-Hungarian officer, born in Recea.
Virgil Fulicea (1907–1979), sculptor, born in Recea.
Ion Gavrilă Ogoranu (1923–2006), Romanian right-wing extremist militant and anti-communist resistance fighter, born in Gura Văii ( Groß-Schwarzdorf ).

Web links

Commons : Recea - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB)
↑ Information on the website of the municipality of Recea , accessed on May 24, 2016 (Romanian).
↑ Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (Ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen. Kraft, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 .
↑ Census, last updated November 1, 2008 (Hungarian; PDF; 521 kB)
↑ Information on the church in Săsciori from biserici.org accessed on May 24, 2016 (Romanian)
↑ List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture, updated 2010 (PDF; 7.10 MB)
↑ Virgil Fulicea, a person forgotten in the camp of the fortress in Făgăraș , on April 8, 2014 from monitorfg.ro, accessed on May 24, 2016 (Romanian)

[zensus2011-1] 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB)

[2] Information on the website of the municipality of Recea , accessed on May 24, 2016 (Romanian).

[HHGS-3] Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (Ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen. Kraft, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 .

[4] Census, last updated November 1, 2008 (Hungarian; PDF; 521 kB)

[5] Information on the church in Săsciori from biserici.org accessed on May 24, 2016 (Romanian)

[rokm-6] List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture, updated 2010 (PDF; 7.10 MB)

[7] Virgil Fulicea, a person forgotten in the camp of the fortress in Făgăraș , on April 8, 2014 from monitorfg.ro, accessed on May 24, 2016 (Romanian)