Șercaia

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".

For the river in Brașov County, see Șercaia (river).
Șercaia
Commune
Church in Vad village
Location within the county
Șercaia
Location in Romania
Coordinates: 45°50′N 25°8′E
Country Romania
CountyBrașov
Population
 (2011)[1]
2,822
Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Vehicle reg.BV

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.[2][3]

Natives

Notes
  1. "Populaţia stabilă pe judeţe, municipii, oraşe şi localităti componenete la RPL_2011" (in Romanian). National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  2. Popescu 1956, p. 221.
  3. Coles & Harding 1979, p. 366.

References
  • Coles, John; Harding, A. F. (1979). The Bronze Age in Europe. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-416-70650-5.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Popescu, Dorin (1956). "Cercetări arheologice în Transilvania". Materiale și cercetāri arheologice (in Romanian). Institutul de Arheologie, Bucharest, Romania. ISSN 1220-5222.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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