Homorod (german: Hamruden; hu, Homoród) is a commune in
Brașov County
Brașov County () is a county ( județ) of Romania, in Transylvania. Its capital city is Brașov. The county incorporates within its boundaries most of the Medieval "lands" (''țări'') Burzenland and Făgăraș.
Name
In Hungarian, it is known ...
,
Transylvania
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,
Romania
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. It is composed of three villages: Homorod, Jimbor (''Sommerburg''; ''Székelyzsombor''), and Mercheașa (''Streitfort''; ''Mirkvásár'').
The commune is located in the northern part of the county, on the border with
Harghita County
Harghita (, hu, Hargita megye, ) is a county (județ) in the center of Romania, in eastern Transylvania, with the county seat at Miercurea Ciuc.
Demographics 2002 census
In 2002, Harghita County had a population of 326,222 and a populatio ...
, from the county seat,
Brașov
Brașov (, , ; german: Kronstadt; hu, Brassó; la, Corona; Transylvanian Saxon: ''Kruhnen'') is a city in Transylvania, Romania and the administrative centre of Brașov County.
According to the latest Romanian census (2011), Brașov has a popu ...
. It lies on the banks of the
Homorod River, at the confluence of the
Homorodul Mare and
Homorodul Mic.
Demographics
At the 2011 census, 49.3% of inhabitants were
Romanians
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, 29.9%
Hungarians
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, 18.4%
Roma
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, and 1.2%
Germans
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. At the 2002 census, 64.6% were
Romanian Orthodox
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, 11.8%
Evangelical Lutheran
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, 8.3%
Roman Catholic
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, 6.5%
Unitarian, 2.8%
Reformed
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, 2.3% belonged to another religion, and 1.5%
Evangelical of Augustan Confession.
Natives
*
József Nyírő
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Gallery
Image:Homorod.jpg, Homorod sign
Image: HomorodHamruden.jpg, The Saxon
fortified church
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of Homorod
Inside the church
See also
*
List of castles in Romania
This is a list of castles and fortresses declared historic monuments by Romania's Ministry of Culture. Banat
; Caraș-Severin (6)
* Bey's Fortress, Socolari
* Caransebeș Fortress, Caransebeș
* Cuiești Fortress, Bocșa
* Ladislau Fortress ...
*
Tourism in Romania
Romania's tourism sector had a direct contribution of EUR 5.21 billion to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2018, slightly higher than in 2017, placing Romania on the 32nd place in the world, ahead of Slovakia and Bulgaria, but behind Greece a ...
*
Villages with fortified churches in Transylvania
The south-eastern Transylvania region in Romania currently has one of the highest numbers of existing fortified churches from the 13th to 16th centuries. It has more than 150 well preserved fortified churches of a great variety of architectural st ...
References
Communes in Brașov County
Localities in Transylvania
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