Bod, Brașov
Bod (German: Brenndorf; Hungarian: Botfalu) is a commune in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Bod and Colonia Bod (Botfalusi Cukorgyártelep). At Bod there is one of Romania's largest sugar factories and a broadcasting transmitter for long- and medium-wave radio, the Bod Transmitter. In Bod, the lowest ever recorded temperature in Romania, -38.5 degrees Celsius (-37 Fahrenheit), was measured in January 1942.
Bod | |
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 Coat of arms | |
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  Bod Location in Romania | |
| Coordinates: 45°46′N 25°39′E | |
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| County | Brașov |
| Population (2011)[1] | 3,994 |
| Time zone | EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3) |
| Vehicle reg. | BV |
At the 2011 census, 89.6% of inhabitants were Romanians, 8.5% Hungarians and 1.1% Germans.
Natives
- Damasus Dürr (1537–1585), humanist
- Nicolae Oaidă (b. 1933), footballer and manager
- Reinhardt Schuster (b. 1936), painter
References
- "Populaţia stabilă pe judeţe, municipii, oraşe şi localităti componenete la RPL_2011" (in Romanian). National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
External links
Bod Transmitter
Heroes Monument in Bod
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