Ungra (

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...

: ''Galt''; Hungarian: ''Ugra'') 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 ...

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. It is composed of two villages, Dăișoara (''Dahl''; ''Longodár'') and Ungra. Ungra is located in the northern part of the county, at from

Rupea Rupea (; Transylvanian Saxon: ''Räppes''; ; ) is a town in Brașov County in Transylvania, Romania. It administers one village, Fișer (''Schweischer''; ''Sövénység''). Both Fișer and Rupea have fortified churches. Older Romanian names for ...

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, ...

. It sits on the right bank on the river Olt, not far from where the Homorod and Dăișoara rivers flow into it. In Ungra there is a medieval 13th century

Transylvanian Saxon The Transylvanian Saxons (; Transylvanian Saxon: ''Siweberjer Såksen'' or simply ''Soxen'', singularly ''Sox'' or ''Soax''; Transylvanian Landler: ''Soxn'' or ''Soxisch''; ; seldom ''sași ardeleni/transilvăneni/transilvani''; ) are a people ...

church and many old houses. At the 2011 census, 88.4% of the 1,949 inhabitants were

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, 8.4%

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, 1.7%

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, and 1.5%

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. At the 2021 census, Ungra had a population of 2,009; of those, 70.18% were Romanians, 15.18% Roma, and 1.1% Germans.

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