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(Redirected from Sárkány) For the river in Brașov County, see Șercaia (river). Commune in Brașov, Romania

Șercaia
Commune
Church in Vad village
Coat of arms
Location within the county
ȘercaiaLocation in Romania
Coordinates: 45°50′N 25°8′E / 45.833°N 25.133°E / 45.833; 25.133
Country	Romania
County	Brașov
Government
• Mayor (2020–2024)	Cristinel Paltin (PNL)
Area	92.64 km (35.77 sq mi)
Elevation	449 m (1,473 ft)
Population	2,865
• Density	31/km (80/sq mi)
Time zone	EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Postal code	507195
Area code	(+40) 02 68
Vehicle reg.	BV
Website	www.primaria-sercaia.ro

Șercaia (German: Schirkanyen; Hungarian: Sárkány; Turkish: Saruhan) is a commune in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Hălmeag (Halmagen; Halmágy; Halmaç), Șercaia and Vad (Waadt, Waden; Vád). The Hungarian name means "dragon".

The commune is located in the Burzenland ethnographic area, in the central part of the county, 14 km (8.7 mi) east of Făgăraș and 53 km (33 mi) northwest of the county seat, Brașov. The river Șercaia (a left affluent of the Olt) flows south to north through the commune.

Șercaia is situated on European route E68, which connects Brașov to Szeged in Hungary. National Road DN73A runs from Predeal to Șercaia, going along the way through the towns of Râșnov and Zărnești.

The commune also has a small train station that serves the CFR Line 200, which runs from Brașov to Curtici, on the Hungarian border.

At the 2011 census, 84% of inhabitants were Romanians, 10.6% Hungarians, 3.7% Roma and 0.8% Germans.

Dacian gold bracelet with horse heads from Vad-Făgăraș at Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.

Natives

Augustin Bunea (1857–1909), priest and historian
Alexandru Ciurcu (1854–1922), inventor
Katalin Varga (1802–aft. 1852), leader of the Transylvanian Miners' Movement

Notes

"Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
Popescu 1956, p. 221.
Coles & Harding 1979, p. 366.

References

Coles, John; Harding, A. F. (1979). The Bronze Age in Europe. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-416-70650-5.
Popescu, Dorin (1956). "Cercetări arheologice în Transilvania". Materiale și cercetāri arheologice (in Romanian). Institutul de Arheologie, Bucharest, Romania. ISSN 1220-5222.

v t e Brașov County, Romania
Cities	Brașov (county seat) Codlea Făgăraș Săcele
Towns	Ghimbav Predeal Râșnov Rupea Victoria Zărnești
Communes	Apața Augustin Beclean Bod Bran Budila Bunești Cața Cincu Comăna Cristian Crizbav Drăguș Dumbrăvița Feldioara Fundata Hălchiu Hărman Hârseni Hoghiz Holbav Homorod Jibert Lisa Măieruș Mândra Moieciu Ormeniș Părău Poiana Mărului Prejmer Racoș Recea Sâmbăta de Sus Sânpetru Șercaia Șinca Șinca Nouă Șoarș Tărlungeni Teliu Ticușu Ucea Ungra Vama Buzăului Viștea Voila Vulcan

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