Rucăr

Rucăr is a commune located in the north-eastern part of Argeș County, Romania, situated in the Carpathian Mountains. The commune is composed of two villages, Rucăr and Sătic, and its population as of 2021 was 5,259. Historically important for its role as a border region between Wallachia and its neighboring countries, it is today popular with tourists from Bran Castle.

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Romanian subdivision.type: commune
Romanian subdivision.county: Argeș
Romanian subdivision.name: Rucăr
Romanian subdivision.image_skyline: Rucar 2.jpg
Romanian subdivision.image_map: Rucar jud Arges.png
Romanian subdivision.map_caption: Location in Argeș County
Romanian subdivision.leader_name: Ionel Dulamă
Romanian subdivision.leader_party: PSD
Romanian subdivision.leader_term: 2020–2024
Romanian subdivision.elevation: 687
Romanian subdivision.area_total: 284.11
Romanian subdivision.population_total: auto
Romanian subdivision.postal_code: 117630

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Official name: Rucăr
Population: 5259
Area: 284.11
Official website: www.primariarucar.ro
Image: RO AG Rucar La Roghina stone cross.JPG

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postal code: 117630
native label: Rucăr
phone number: +40-248542830
street address: Str. Brasovului, nr. 58, Comuna Rucar, județul Argeș
email address: mailto:[email protected]
Commons category: Rucăr commune, Argeș

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Etymology
History
Geography
Notable people
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== Etymology == In the earliest documents in which it is mentioned, Rucăr is referred to as Ruffa Arbor or Rot Bom, both meaning "red tree" in Latin and German, respectively. Early Slavic and Romanian documents use the names Rukel, Rukal, or Rucal, translated as the same. Historian Gheorghe Pârunță suggests that the area was named "after the copper leaves of the extensive beech forests that existed at that time."