Întorsura Buzăului ( hu, Bodzaforduló ) is a town in Covasna County, Transylvania, Romania. It administers three villages: Brădet (''Bredét''), Floroaia (''Virágospatak'') and Scrădoasa.

Geography

The town is located in the southern part of the county, on the border with Brașov County, and lies on the left bank of the

Buzău River The city of Buzău (formerly spelled ''Buzeu'' or ''Buzĕu''; ) is the county seat of Buzău County, Romania, in the historical region of Muntenia. It lies near the right bank of the Buzău River, between the south-eastern curvature of the Car ...

. The town's name means ''Buzău's Turning'' in Romanian; it gets its name from being located near a large turn that the river takes. The river initially flows northwards, but takes a sudden turn towards the south-east near the town. Întorsura Buzăului is located at altitude, in a depression, surrounded by the , Ciucaș, and mountains. Due to its location, the town registers the lowest temperatures in Romania every year. The town is some southeast of the county seat,

Sfântu Gheorghe Sfântu Gheorghe (; hu, Sepsiszentgyörgy or ''Szentgyörgy'' ; yi, סנט דזשארדזש; English lit.: ''Saint George'') is the capital city of Covasna County, Romania. Located in the central part of the country and in the historical regio ...

, and south of

Covasna Covasna (, hu, Kovászna, , german: Kowasna) is a town in Covasna County, Transylvania, Romania, at an altitude of . It is known for its natural mineral waters and mofettas. The town administers one village, Chiuruș ( hu, Csomakőrös). The ...

. It is traversed by national road

DN10 DN10 ( ro, Drumul Național 10) is a national road in Romania that runs from Buzău to Brașov, crossing the Carpathian Mountains through the Buzău Pass. The road follows the Buzău River valley and is an important connection between Transylv ...

, which links Brașov to Buzău. This road passes through the

Carpathian Mountains The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians () are a range of mountains forming an arc across Central Europe. Roughly long, it is the third-longest European mountain range after the Urals at and the Scandinavian Mountains at . The range stretches ...

and for most of its length follows the Buzău River. There is also a railroad that links Brașov and Întorsura Buzăului which goes through the that crosses the Întorsurii Mountains; with a length of , this is the longest railway tunnel in Romania.

Population

At the 2011 Romanian census, the town had 7,319 inhabitants, of whom 7,265 were ethnic Romanians, 37 were ethnic Hungarians, and 12 ethnic

Romani Romani may refer to: Ethnicities * Romani people, an ethnic group of Northern Indian origin, living dispersed in Europe, the Americas and Asia ** Romani genocide, under Nazi rule * Romani language, any of several Indo-Aryan languages of the Roma ...

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Local festival

The ''Ciobănașul'' ( en, Little Shepherd) Annual Festival takes place in Întorsura Buzăului on the first Sunday of September and lasts for two days. At the festival, visitors come from the town and the surrounding villages, and even from other counties. In 2006, Romanian President Traian Băsescu attended the festival. During the festival the attendants can consume Romanian traditional foods and drinks and are entertained with Romanian folk music.

Natives

* Valeriu Bularca *

Gheorghe Tohăneanu Gheorghe Tohăneanu (born 1 June 1936) is a Romanian gymnast Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endurance. The movements involved ...

Gallery

File:RO CV Intorsura Buzaului railway station.jpg, The railway station File:RO CV DN10 Intorsura Buzaului.jpg, A street in the town File:Eisenbahntunnel bei Teliu Südseite.PNG, Construction of the Teliu–Întorsura Buzăului Tunnel, 1924

Notes

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