Barcani () is a commune in

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, in the geographical region of

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. It is composed of three villages: Barcani, Lădăuți (''Ladóc''), and Sărămaș (''Szaramás''). 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 Covasna County.

Demographics

The commune has absolute ethnic

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majority. According to the 2002 census, it had a population of 3,836 of which 99.63% or 3,822 were Romanians and 14 or 0.36% Hungarian. At the 2011 census, there were 3,688 inhabitants; 95.53% were Romanians and 3.09%

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. At the 2021 census, Barcani had a population of 3,822; of those, 86.39% were Romanians and 5.73% Roma.

References

Communes in Covasna County Localities in Transylvania {{Covasna-geo-stub