Sita Buzăului () is a commune in

Covasna County Covasna County (, , ) is a county (județ) of Romania, in eastern Transylvania, with the county seat at Sfântu Gheorghe. Demographics In 2011, it had a population of 210,177, making it the second least populous of Romania's 41 counties and the ...

, in the geographical region of

Transylvania Transylvania ( or ; ; or ; Transylvanian Saxon dialect, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Siweberjen'') is a List of historical regions of Central Europe, historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and ...

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

. It is composed of four villages: Crasna (''Bodzakraszna''), Merișor (''Almás''), Sita Buzăului, and Zăbrătău (''Zabrató'').

Geography

The commune is located at the southern extremity of Covasna County, southeast of the county seat,

Sfântu Gheorghe Sfântu Gheorghe (; or ''Szentgyörgy'' ; ; English lit.: ''Saint George'') is a city that serves as the seat of Covasna County in Transylvania, Romania. Located in the central part of the country, it lies on the Olt River in a valley between ...

, on the border with

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, ...

and

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 ...

counties. It is situated at an altitude of , on the banks of the Buzău (river), Buzău River and its tributaries, the Crasna (Buzău), Crasna and the Harțag. Sita Buzăului is crossed by Roads in Romania, national road DN10, which runs from Brașov, to the west, to Buzău, to the southeast, crossing the Carpathian Mountains through the Buzău Pass. It is also crossed by national road , which starts in the nearby town of Întorsura Buzăului, passes through Covasna and Sfântu Gheorghe, and ends in Feldioara, Brașov County.

Demographics

The commune has absolute ethnic Romanians, Romanian majority. At the 2002 census, it had a population of 4,814, of which 99.81% or 4,805 were Romanians; other minorities were Hungarians in Romania, Hungarians and Germans of Romania, Germans, respectively 0.16% and 0.02% of the population. At the 2011 Romanian census, 2011 census, Sita Buzăului had a population of 4,584, of which 98.71% were Romanians. At the 2021 Romanian census, 2021 census, the number of inhabitants had increased 4,722, of which 96.65% were Romanians.

Natives

* Amos Guttman (1954–1993), Israeli film director

Notes

Communes in Covasna County Localities in Transylvania {{Covasna-geo-stub