Dumbrăvița (until 1960 ''Țânțari''; ; ) is a commune in
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 ...
,
Transylvania
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,
Romania
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. It is composed of two villages, Dumbrăvița and Vlădeni (''Wladein''; ''Vledény'').
The commune is located in the central part of the county, north of
Codlea
Codlea (; ; Transylvanian Saxon dialect: ''Zäöeden''; ) is a city in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania.
Name
The Romanian name "Codlea" could be a derivation from the Latin , a diminutive of Latin (edge, rearward); or it could be a deriv ...
and from the county seat,
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, ...
, in the western part of the
Burzenland region. It is surrounded by the
Perșani Mountains, with the Măgura Codlei Peak at to the south.
Just to the east is the Dumbrăvița Lake, with a surface area of . This is the only place in Transylvania and one of the few places in Romania where the
grey heron
The grey heron (''Ardea cinerea'') is a long-legged wading bird of the heron family, Ardeidae, native throughout temperate Europe and Asia, and also parts of Africa. It is resident in much of its range, but some populations from the more norther ...
nests in
reeds.
Dumbrăvița is bordered to the north by
Crizbav
Crizbav (, ) is a commune in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Crizbav and Cutuș (''Kutastelep'').
Geographical setting
Crizbav is located northwest of the county seat, the city of Brașov. It lies on the b ...
commune, to the east by
Hălchiu
Hălchiu (; ) is a commune in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Hălchiu and Satu Nou (''Neudorf bei Hopfenseifen''; ''Barcaújfalu'').
The commune is located in the east-central part of the county, in the nor ...
commune, to the south by the city of Codlea, and to the west by the
Șinca and
Părău
Părău (; ) is a commune in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Grid, Părău, Veneția de Jos (''Untervenitze''; ''Alsóvenice''), and Veneția de Sus (''Felsővenice'').
The commune is situated in the center ...
communes.
The village of Vlădeni is traversed by the
national road
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DN1, which runs from
Bucharest
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to the border with
Hungary
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. Dumbrăvița has a train station that serves the
CFR Line 200, which connects Brașov to
Făgăraș
Făgăraș (; , ) is a municipiu, city in central Romania, located in Brașov County. It lies on the Olt (river), Olt River and has a population of 26,284 as of 2021. It is situated in the historical region of Transylvania, and is the main city of ...
, some to the west.
At the
2011 census, the commune had 4,624 inhabitants; of those, 92.86% were ethnic
Romanians
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and 3.2%
Roma
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People, characters, figures, names
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* Roma called Roy, ancient Egyptian High Priest of Amun
* Roma (footballer, born 1979), born ''Paul ...
. At the
2021 census, Dumbrăvița had a population of 4,633, of which 90.48% were Romanians.
Natives
*
Dumitru Stăniloae
Dumitru Stăniloae (; – 4 October 1993), also Anglicized as Demetrius Staniloae, was a Romanian Orthodox Christian priest, theologian and professor. He worked for over 45 years on a comprehensive Romanian translation of the Greek Philokali ...
(1903 – 1993), priest, theologian, and professor
References
Communes in Brașov County
Localities in Transylvania
Țara Bârsei
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