Mândra (german: Kladendorf; hu, Mundra) is a commune in
Brașov County,
Transylvania,
Romania. It is composed of five villages: Ileni (''Illény''), Mândra, Râușor (''Reusor''), Șona (''Schönen''; ''Sona''), and Toderița (''Todorica'').
The commune is located in the west-central part of the county, close to the
geographical center of Romania. It is on the
DN1
DN1 ( ro, Drumul Național 1) is an important national road in Romania which links Bucharest with the northwestern part of the country and the border with Hungary via Borș. The main cities linked by DN1 are Bucharest, Ploiești, Brașov, Sibiu, ...
road, east of
Făgăraș and west of
Brașov. It is traversed south to north by the
Mândra and
Sebeș rivers, which flow into the
Olt a short distance away.
Natives
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Horia Sima
Horia Sima (3 July 1906 – 25 May 1993) was a Romanian fascist politician, best known as the second and last leader of the fascist paramilitary movement known as the Iron Guard (also known as the Legion of the Archangel Michael). Sima was ...
,
Iron Guard
The Iron Guard ( ro, Garda de Fier) was a Romanian militant revolutionary fascist movement and political party founded in 1927 by Corneliu Zelea Codreanu as the Legion of the Archangel Michael () or the Legionnaire Movement (). It was strongly ...
leader
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Mariana Tîrcă:
handball
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player
References
Communes in Brașov County
Localities in Transylvania
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