Racoș

Racoș
Alsórákos
Commune
Racoș
Coordinates: 46°5′N 25°32′E / 46.083°N 25.533°E / 46.083; 25.533
Country  Romania
County Brașov County
Population (2011)[1] 3,179
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)

Racoș (also Racoșul de Jos; German: Unter-Krebsdorf; Hungarian: Alsórákos) is a commune in Brașov County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Mateiaș (Mátéfalva) and Racoș. At the 2011 census, 55% of inhabitants were Hungarians, 23.2% Romanians and 21.6% Roma. At the 2002 census, 33.4% were Reformed, 23.3% Romanian Orthodox, 21% Pentecostal, 17.7% Unitarian and 3.6% Roman Catholic.

The Racos volcano is the oldest volcano in the region, and appears to be inactive.[2]

Coordinates: 46°05′N 25°32′E / 46.083°N 25.533°E / 46.083; 25.533

References

  1. ↑ Romanian census data, 2011 Archived 2013-07-23 at the Wayback Machine.; retrieved on March 17, 2012
  2. ↑ Seghedi, I., Popa, RG., Panaiotu, C.G.; et al. (2016). "Short-lived eruptive episodes during the construction of a Na-alkalic basaltic field (Perşani Mountains, SE Transylvania, Romania)". Bulletin of volcanology.
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