Întorsura Buzăului ( ) is a town in
Covasna County,
Transylvania
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,
Romania
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. 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
Brașov County () is a county (județ) of Transylvania, Romania. Its capital city is Brașov. The county incorporates within its boundaries most of the Medieval "lands" (''țări'') Burzenland and Făgăraș.
Name
In Hungarian language, Hungari ...
, and lies on the left bank of the
Buzău River. 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 ,
CiucaÈ™, 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, and south of
Covasna. It is traversed by national road
DN10, which links
Brașov
Brașov (, , ; , also ''Brasau''; ; ; Transylvanian Saxon dialect, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Kruhnen'') is a city in Transylvania, Romania and the county seat (i.e. administrative centre) of Brașov County.
According to the 2021 Romanian census, ...
to
Buzău
Buzău (; formerly spelled ''Buzeu'' or ''Buzĕu'') is a city in the historical region of Muntenia, Romania, and the county seat of Buzău County. It lies near the right bank of the Buzău River, between the south-eastern curvature of the Carp ...
. This road passes through the
Carpathian Mountains
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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
2021 census, Întorsura Buzăului had a population of 8,332; of those, 92.49% were ethnic
Romanians
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.
At the
2011 census, the town had 7,319 inhabitants, of whom 7,265 were ethnic Romanians, 37 were ethnic
Hungarians
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, and 12 ethnic
Romani.
''Demographic movement according to the censuses:''
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Local festival
The ''Ciobănașul'' () 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 (1931–2017), Greco-Roman wrestler
*
Gheorghe Tohăneanu (born 1936), gymnast
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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Populated places in Covasna County
Localities in Transylvania
Towns in Romania
Monotowns in Romania