Hârseni (; ) is a commune in

Brașov County Brașov County () is a county (județ) of Transylvania, Romania. Its capital city is Brașov. The county incorporates within its boundaries most of the Medieval "lands" (''țări'') Burzenland and Făgăraș. Name In Hungarian language, Hungari ...

Transylvania Transylvania ( or ; ; or ; Transylvanian Saxon dialect, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Siweberjen'') is a List of historical regions of Central Europe, historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and ...

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

. It is composed of five villages: Copăcel (''Kopacsel''), Hârseni, Măliniș (''Malinis''), Mărgineni (''Marginen'') and Sebeș (''Sebes''). The commune is located in

Țara Făgărașului Țara Făgărașului (also ; or ''Fogarascherland'', , or ''terra Alutus'') is a historical region in central Romania, located in the southern part of Transylvania. It is named after the Făgăraș Mountains that dominate the landscape of the ...

, in the western part of the county, south-east of

Făgăraș Făgăraș (; , ) is a municipiu, city in central Romania, located in Brașov County. It lies on the Olt (river), Olt River and has a population of 26,284 as of 2021. It is situated in the historical region of Transylvania, and is the main city of ...

. It is traversed south to north by the Sebeș River, a left tributary of the

Olt River The Olt ( Romanian and Hungarian; ; or ', , ''Alytos'') is a river in Romania. It is long, and its basin area is . It is the longest river flowing exclusively through Romania. Its average discharge at the mouth is . It originates in the Hă ...

Natives

Vasile Suciu Vasile Suciu may refer to: * Vasile Suciu (bishop) (1873–1935), Romanian Greek-Catholic metropolitan bishop * Vasile Suciu (footballer) Vasile Suciu (21 October 1942 – 9 November 2013) was a Romanian footballer, who played as a goalkeeper. ...

(1873–1935),

Greek-Catholic Greek Catholic Church or Byzantine-Catholic Church may refer to: * The Catholic Church in Greece * The Eastern Catholic Churches that use the Byzantine Rite, also known as the Greek Rite: ** The Albanian Greek Catholic Church ** The Belarusian Gr ...

Metropolitan bishop In Christianity, Christian Christian denomination, churches with episcopal polity, the rank of metropolitan bishop, or simply metropolitan (alternative obsolete form: metropolite), is held by the diocesan bishop or archbishop of a Metropolis (reli ...

of the Archdiocese of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia * (1816–1897), military officer in the Imperial Austrian Army

References

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