Rupea
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Rupea | |
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Coordinates: 46°2′20″N 25°13′21″E / 46.03889°N 25.22250°E | |
Country | Romania |
County | Brașov |
Government | |
• Mayor | Nicolae-Liviu Bărdaș[1] (PSD) |
Area | 74.87 km2 (28.91 sq mi) |
Population (2021-12-01)[2] | 4,907 |
• Density | 66/km2 (170/sq mi) |
Time zone | EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3) |
Vehicle reg. | BV |
Website | primariarupea |
Rupea (German Reps; Hungarian: Kőhalom, "mound of rocks"; Latin Ripa) is a town in Brașov County in Transylvania, Romania. It administers one village, Fișer (Schweischer; Sövénység), which has a fortified church. Older Romanian names for the settlement include Cohalm and Holuma. At the 2011 census, 71.6% of inhabitants were Romanians, 19.5% Hungarians, 7.1% Roma, and 1.7% Germans.
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1956 | 4,691 | — |
1966 | 6,273 | +33.7% |
1977 | 6,640 | +5.9% |
1992 | 6,326 | −4.7% |
2002 | 6,246 | −1.3% |
2011 | 5,011 | −19.8% |
Source: Census data |
See also
References
- ^ "Results of the 2016 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
- ^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
- "Rupea Turistica" (in Romanian). Retrieved 2019-09-10.
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