Brateiu

Brateiu
Commune
Brateiu
Coordinates: 46°10′N 24°25′E / 46.167°N 24.417°E / 46.167; 24.417
Country  Romania
County Sibiu County
Population (2011)[1] 3,108
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)

Brateiu (German: Pretai; Hungarian: Baráthely; Transylvanian Saxon dialect: Pretoa) is a commune located in Sibiu County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Brateiu and Buzd (Bussd; Szászbuzd; Buss), each of which has a fortified church. There is a burial ground located here which is dated to the 4th century.[2] The Daco-Roman cemetery is situated on the bank of the Tirnava Mare river, and is estimated to date to between 380 - 454 AD.[3]

At the 2011 census, 57% of inhabitants were Romanians, 41% Roma and 1% each Germans and Hungarians.

Coordinates: 46°10′N 24°25′E / 46.167°N 24.417°E / 46.167; 24.417

References

  1. ↑ Romanian census data, 2011; retrieved on March 17, 2012
  2. ↑ Turnock, David (1988). The Making of Eastern Europe: From the Earliest Times to 1815. Routledge. p. 70. ISBN 978-0-415-01267-6. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
  3. ↑ Giurescu, Constantin C.; Giurescu, Dinu C. (1975). The making of the Romanian national unitary state. "Meridiane". p. 39. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.