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Șercaia
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Also known as Scharken, Schirkanyen, Sárkány

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".

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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Encyclopedic overview

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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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Șercaia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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