Șercaia
Sign in to saveȘercaia (; ; ) is a commune in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Hălmeag (Halmagen; Halmágy; Halmaç), Șercaia, and Vad (Waadt, Waden; Vád). The Hungarian name means "dragon".
Key facts
- Romanian subdivision.type
- commune
- Romanian subdivision.county
- Brașov
- Romanian subdivision.name
- Șercaia
- Romanian subdivision.image_shield
- ROU BV Sercaia CoA.png
- Romanian subdivision.image_skyline
- Biserica din Vad.jpg
- Romanian subdivision.image_caption
- Church in Vad village
- Romanian subdivision.image_map
- Sercaia jud Brasov.jpg
- Romanian subdivision.leader_name
- Cristinel Paltin
- Romanian subdivision.leader_party
- PNL
- Romanian subdivision.leader_term
- 2020–2024
- Romanian subdivision.elevation
- 449
- Romanian subdivision.area_total
- 92.64
- Romanian subdivision.population_total
- auto
- Romanian subdivision.postal_code
- 507195
- Romanian subdivision.area_code
- (+40) 02 68
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Șercaia (; ; ) is a commune in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Hălmeag (Halmagen; Halmágy; Halmaç), Șercaia, and Vad (Waadt, Waden; Vád). The Hungarian name means "dragon".
==Geography== The commune is located in the Burzenland ethnographic area, in the central part of the county, east of Făgăraș and northwest of the county seat, Brașov. The river Șercaia (a left affluent of the Olt) flows south to north through the commune.