Rupea
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Rupea (; Transylvanian Saxon: Räppes; ; ) is a town in Brașov County in Transylvania, Romania. It administers one village, Fișer (Schweischer; Sövénység). Both Fișer and Rupea have fortified churches. Older Romanian names for the settlement include Cohalm and Holuma. In 2021, the town's population was 4,907 inhabitants.
Key facts
- Romanian subdivision.type
- town
- Romanian subdivision.county
- Brașov
- Romanian subdivision.official_name
- Rupea
- Romanian subdivision.image_skyline
- Orasul Rupea vazut din Cetatea Rupea 2.jpg
- Romanian subdivision.image_caption
- The town of Rupea as seen from above from Rupea Citadel
- Romanian subdivision.image_map
- Rupea jud Brasov.jpg
- Romanian subdivision.map_caption
- Location in Brașov County
- Romanian subdivision.image_shield
- ROU_BV_Rupea_CoA.png
- Romanian subdivision.leader_name
- Alexandru Opriș
- Romanian subdivision.leader_term
- 2024–2028
- Romanian subdivision.leader_party
- PNL
- Romanian subdivision.elevation
- 461
- Romanian subdivision.area_total
- 74.87
- Romanian subdivision.population_total
- auto
- Romanian subdivision.postal_code
- 505500
- Romanian subdivision.area_code
- (+40) 02 68
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Primăria Rupea | Informații, publicații, date generale, primaria Rupea
Orașul Rupea este situat pe drumul european E60, aproximativ la mijlocul distanței dintre orașele Brașov și Sighisoara, în partea de nord a județului. Zona Rupea este caracterizată prin întrepătrunderea unor arii cu proprietăți distincte, după criteriul potențialului cultural, zona se manifestă ca un spațiu de interferență al mai multor culturi.
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Encyclopedic overview
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Rupea (; Transylvanian Saxon: Räppes; ; ) is a town in Brașov County in Transylvania, Romania. It administers one village, Fișer (Schweischer; Sövénység). Both Fișer and Rupea have fortified churches. Older Romanian names for the settlement include Cohalm and Holuma. In 2021, the town's population was 4,907 inhabitants.
The town is nationally known for its fortress, which in 2023 attracted around 100,000 tourists. Additionally, 11 km from the town runs Via Transilvanica, the most important and longest hiking and endurance trail in Romania, and 13 km away lies the rural site of Viscri, which is included in the UNESCO World Heritage.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rupea” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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