Barcani

Barcani
—  Commune  —
Barcani
Coordinates: 45°42′N 26°5′E / 45.7°N 26.083°E / 45.7; 26.083
Country	Romania
County	Covasna County
Government
- Mayor	Marin Gheorghe (Ind.)
Population (2002)[1]	3,836
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
- Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Barcani (Hungarian: Zágonbárkány) is a commune in Covasna County, in the geographical region of Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Barcani, Lădăuţi and Sărămaş. It also included Valea Mare village before it was split off to form a separate commune in 1999. The commune is situated south of Zagon, in the southeastern part of Covansna County.^[2]

Demographics

The commune has absolute ethnic Romanian majority. According to the 2002 Census it has a population of 3,836 of which 99.63% or 3,822 are Romanians. Rest of the population is Hungarian with a population of 0.36% or 14.^[3]

References

1. ^ Romanian census data, 2002; retrieved on March 1, 2010
2. ^ http://primariabarcani.ro/home
3. ^ http://www.edrc.ro/recensamant.jsp?regiune_id=2568&judet_id=2699&localitate_id=2706

External links

• (Romanian) Official site

Coordinates: 45°42′N 26°05′E / 45.7°N 26.083°E / 45.7; 26.083