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Drăguș

Coordinates: 45°45′N 24°47′E / 45.750°N 24.783°E / 45.750; 24.783
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Drăguș
Village Museum
Village Museum
Coat of arms of Drăguș
Location within the county
Location within the county
Drăguș is located in Romania
Drăguș
Drăguș
Location in Romania
Coordinates: 45°45′N 24°47′E / 45.750°N 24.783°E / 45.750; 24.783
CountryRomania
CountyBrașov
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2024) Cornel Greavu (PNL)
Area
36.25 km2 (14.00 sq mi)
Elevation
485 m (1,591 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-01)[1]
971
 • Density27/km2 (69/sq mi)
Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Postal code
507251
Area code(+40) 02 68
Vehicle reg.BV
Websitewww.comunadragus.ro

Drăguș (German: Drachenbach, Traschen; Hungarian: Dragus) is a commune in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania.[2] It is composed of a single village, Drăguș, part of Viștea Commune until being split off in 2004.

Drăguș is located at the western edge of Brașov County, in the central part of the Țara Făgărașului region, at the foot of the Făgăraș Mountains. The river Drăguș flows north through the commune, discharging into the Olt River in Olteț.

Historical population
YearPop.±%
2002 1,187—    
2011 1,162−2.1%
2021 971−16.4%
Source: Census data

At the 2011 census, the commune had 1,162 inhabitants; 99.8% were ethnic Romanians. At the 2021 census, the population had decreased to 971; of those, 93,72% were Romanians.[3]

During the interwar period, ethnologist Dimitrie Gusti led a series of expeditions to various Romanian villages in which researchers from various fields would write monographs about particular aspects of those villages. The campaign reached its peak in Drăguș during the summer of 1929, when 89 researchers descended on the village. The event was recorded in a documentary film, Drăguș.[4]

Natives

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References

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  1. ^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
  2. ^ "Primăria Comunei Drăguș". Drăguș Town Hall. Retrieved 2011-09-05.
  3. ^ "Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (in Romanian). INSSE. 31 May 2023.
  4. ^ (in Romanian) Corina Voicu, "Școala monografică Dimitrie Gusti și Drăgușul", Ṭara Bârsei, 12/2013, p.424