Racoș
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Racoș (also Racoșul de Jos; ; ) is a commune in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Mateiaș (Mátéfalva) and Racoș.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in RO, across 2 mapped points.
It sits within the topics Communes in Brașov County, Localities in Transylvania and Volcanoes of Romania.
Vinony links it to 22 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Romanian subdivision.type
- commune
- Romanian subdivision.county
- Brașov
- Romanian subdivision.name
- Racoș
- Romanian subdivision.other_name
- Alsórákos
- Romanian subdivision.image_skyline
- Cetetea Bethlen Racos (1).jpg
- Romanian subdivision.image_map
- Racos jud Brasov.jpg
- Romanian subdivision.leader_name
- Ion Epureanu
- Romanian subdivision.leader_party
- UDMR
- Romanian subdivision.leader_term
- 2020–2024
- Romanian subdivision.elevation
- 484
- Romanian subdivision.area_total
- 77.78
- Romanian subdivision.population_total
- auto
- Romanian subdivision.postal_code
- 507175
- Romanian subdivision.area_code
- +(40) 268
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of Romania
- Official name
- Racoș
- Country
- Kingdom of Hungary
- Located in
- Brașov County
- Capital
- Racoș
- Population
- 3345
- Area
- 77.780000
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Image
- Cetetea Bethlen Racos (1).jpg
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- Commons category
- Racoș commune, Brașov
- historical region
- Transylvania
- contains settlement
- Mateiaș
- postal code
- 507175
- native label
- Alsórákos
- phone number
- +40-268286809
- street address
- Strada Dr. Imreh Barna, nr. 13, Comuna Racoș, jud. Brașov, 507175
- population by native language
- 1406
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
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Racoș (also Racoșul de Jos; ; ) is a commune in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Mateiaș (Mátéfalva) and Racoș.
The commune is located at the northern edge of the county, on the border with Covasna County, and near the border with Harghita County. It lies on the banks of the Olt River, from the town of Rupea and from the county seat, Brașov. There are train stations in both Racoș and Mateiaș that serve Line 300 of the CFR network, which connects Bucharest with the Hungarian border near Oradea.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Racoș” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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2 mapped locations