Vulcan (; ) 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, Colonia 1 Mai (''Konkordiabányatelep'') and Vulcan. It also included
Holbav village until 2004, when it was split off to form a separate commune.
The commune is situated in the foothills of the
Southern Carpathians
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, at an altitude of , on the banks of the river
Vulcănița. It is located in the south-central part of Brașov County, west of 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, ...
. Since its founding around the year 1377, Vulcan was one of the most important villages in the
Burzenland area, where there was a strong
Transylvanian Saxon community.
At the
2021 census, Vulcan had a population of 4,823; of those, 80% were
Romanians
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and 8.1%
Roma.
References
External links
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Vulcan page at www.burzenland.de
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Communes in Brașov County
Localities in Transylvania
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