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Șercaia (german: Schirkanyen; hu, Sárkány; tr, Saruhan) 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".
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.
Șercaia is situated on European route E68, which connects Brașov to Szeged in Hungary. National Road 
Communes in Brașov County
Localities in Transylvania
Burzenland
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DN73A
DN73A ( ro, Drumul Național 73A) is a national road in Romania that starts from Predeal, reaching Șercaia.
Road
The national road ''DN73A'' starts from the entrance to Predeal, coming from DN1 from Bucharest, goes by Cold River, goes down to ...
runs from Predeal to Șercaia, going along the way through the towns of Râșnov and Zărnești.
The commune also has a small train station that serves the CFR Line 200, which runs from Brașov to Curtici, on the Hungarian border.
At the 2011 census, 84% of inhabitants were Romanians, 10.6% Hungarians, 3.7% Roma
Roma or ROMA may refer to:
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and 0.8% Germans.
Natives
*Augustin Bunea
Augustin Bunea (August 4, 1857–November 30, 1909) was an Austro-Hungarian ethnic Romanian historian and priest within the Romanian Greek-Catholic Church.
Biography Origins and role in Blaj
Bunea was born in Vad, a village in the Èšara FÄ ...
(1857–1909), priest and historian
* Alexandru Ciurcu (1854–1922), inventor
* Katalin Varga (1802–aft. 1852), leader of the Transylvanian Miners' Movement
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Communes in Brașov County
Localities in Transylvania
Burzenland
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