Teliu (; ) 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
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,
Romania
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. It is composed of a single village, Teliu.
Geography
The commune is located in the eastern part of the county, on the banks of the river
Teliu. It lies on the border with
Covasna County
Covasna County (, , ) is a county (județ) of Romania, in eastern Transylvania, with the county seat at Sfântu Gheorghe.
Demographics
In 2011, it had a population of 210,177, making it the second least populous of Romania's 41 counties and the ...
, at a distance of from the city of
Săcele and from the county seat,
Brașov
Brașov (, , ; , also ''Brasau''; ; ; Transylvanian Saxon dialect, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Kruhnen'') is a city in Transylvania, Romania and the county seat (i.e. administrative centre) of Brașov County.
According to the 2021 Romanian census, ...
. Teliu is traversed by the
National Road
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DN10, which connects it to
Hărman commune to the west and the town of
Întorsura Buzăului to the east.
There is also a railroad that links Brașov and Întorsura Buzăului which goes through the that crosses the . With a length of , this is the longest railway tunnel in Romania.
Demographics
At the
2011 census, Teliu had 4,198 inhabitants, of which 57.7% were
Romanians
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, 22.2%
Hungarians
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, and 19.1%
Roma. At the
2021 census, the commune had a population of 4,468; of those, 50,98% were Romanians, 30.66% Roma, and 14.01% Hungarians.
See also
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Dacian fortress of Teliu
References
Communes in Brașov County
Localities in Transylvania
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