Brețcu
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Brețcu ( ; , Hungarian pronunciation: ; ) is a commune in Covasna County, Transylvania, Romania composed of three villages: Brețcu, Mărtănuș (Kézdimartonos), and Oituz (Ojtoztelep). The village has been recorded under different names: Bereczk (1476), Breczko (1482–1496), Bretzku (1787 and 1850), and Bereck (1854).
Key facts
- Romanian subdivision.type
- commune
- Romanian subdivision.county
- Covasna
- Romanian subdivision.official_name
- Brețcu
- Romanian subdivision.other_name
- Bereck
- Romanian subdivision.image_flag
- ROU CV Bretcu Flag.jpg
- Romanian subdivision.image_shield
- ROU CV Bretcu CoA1.jpg
- Romanian subdivision.image_skyline
- BERECK.jpg
- Romanian subdivision.image_map
- Bretcu jud Covasna.png
- Romanian subdivision.map_caption
- Location in Covasna County
- Romanian subdivision.leader_name
- Zoltán Dimény
- Romanian subdivision.leader_party
- UDMR
- Romanian subdivision.term
- 2020–2024
- Romanian subdivision.elevation
- 600
- Romanian subdivision.area_total
- 116.03
- Romanian subdivision.population_total
- auto
- Romanian subdivision.postal_code
- 527060
- Romanian subdivision.area_code
- (+40) 02 67
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Brețcu
- Population
- 3132
- Area
- 116.03
- Official website
- www.prefecturacv.ro/bretcu.html
- Image
- RO CV Bretcu 2.jpg
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- postal code
- 527060
- native label
- Bereck
- phone number
- +40-267368329
- street address
- Str. Principală 142
- population by native language
- 2301
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- Commons category
- Brețcu commune, Covasna
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Brețcu ( ; , Hungarian pronunciation: ; ) is a commune in Covasna County, Transylvania, Romania composed of three villages: Brețcu, Mărtănuș (Kézdimartonos), and Oituz (Ojtoztelep). The village has been recorded under different names: Bereczk (1476), Breczko (1482–1496), Bretzku (1787 and 1850), and Bereck (1854).
==Geography== The commune is located in the northeastern part of Covasna County, from Târgu Secuiesc and from the county seat, Sfântu Gheorghe, on the border with Bacău County and close to the border with Vrancea County. Brețcu is situated at an altitude of , in the foothills of the and mountains, both of which are mountain ranges of the Eastern Carpathians. Brețcu village lies on the banks of Râul Negru and its left tributary, the river Brețcu, while Oituz village lies on the banks of the river Oituz, which flows eastward, towards Moldavia.
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