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Bod, Brașov

Commune in Brașov, Romania

Coat of arms

Location within the county

(2020–2024) Sergiu Arsene^[1] (Ind.)Area

33.56 km² (12.96 sq mi)Elevation

506 m (1,660 ft)Population

(2021-12-01)^[2]

5,097 • Density150/km² (390/sq mi)Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)Postal code

507015

Area code(+40) 02 68Vehicle reg.BVWebsitewww.primariabod.ro

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).

The commune is located in the eastern part of the county, in the northeastern corner of the Burzenland. It is situated on the left bank of the Olt River, which mostly follows the border with Covasna County. The Ghimbășel River flows through Bod; originally it discharged directly into the Olt, but much of its flow has been diverted into the Bârsa River (another tributary of the Olt), near Colonia Bod.

At Colonia Bod there is one of Romania's largest sugar factories, which is now defunct, and a broadcasting transmitter for long- and medium-wave radio, the Bod Transmitter. The lowest ever recorded temperature in Romania, −38.5 °C (−37.3 °F), was measured in Bod on January 25, 1942.^[3]

At the 2011 census, 89.6% of inhabitants were Romanians, 8.5% Hungarians and 1.1% Germans.

Natives

Damasus Dürr [de; ro] (1537–1585), humanist
Nicolae Oaidă (b. 1933), footballer and manager
Reinhardt Schuster (b. 1936), painter

References

^ "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
^ Nica, Mihai (January 25, 2022). "Pe urmele frigului, la Bod, comuna din Brașov pusă pe harta Europei de părintele radioului modern". romania.europalibera.org (in Romanian). Radio Free Europe. Retrieved January 29, 2022.