Șercaia

Șercaia
Șercaia
Commune
	Church in Vad village
	Coat of arms
	Location within the county
	Șercaia Location in Romania
	Coordinates: 45°50′N 25°8′E / 45.833°N 25.133°E
Country	Romania
County	Brașov
Government
• Mayor (2020–2024)	Cristinel Paltin (PNL)
Area	92.64 km2 (35.77 sq mi)
Elevation	449 m (1,473 ft)
Population (2021-12-01)	2,865
• Density	31/km2 (80/sq mi)
Time zone	EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Postal code	507195
Area code	(+40) 02 68
Vehicle reg.	BV
Website	www.primaria-sercaia.ro

Șercaia (German: Schirkanyen; Hungarian: Sárkány; Turkish: Saruhan) is a commune in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Hălmeag (Halmagen; Halmágy; Halmaç), Șercaia, and Vad (Waadt, Waden; Vád). The Hungarian name means "dragon".

Geography

The commune is located in the Burzenland ethnographic area, in the central part of the county, 14 km (8.7 mi) east of Făgăraș and 53 km (33 mi) northwest of the county seat, Brașov. The river Șercaia (a left affluent of the Olt) flows south to north through the commune.

Șercaia is situated on European route E68, which connects Brașov to Szeged in Hungary. National Road DN73A runs from Predeal to Șercaia, going along the way through the towns of Râșnov and Zărnești.

The commune also has a small train station that serves the CFR Line 200, which runs from Brașov to Curtici, on the Hungarian border.

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1850	3,973	—
1920	4,266	+7.4%
1966	3,756	−12.0%
2002	3,050	−18.8%
2011	2,822	−7.5%
2021	2,865	+1.5%
Source: Census data

At the 2011 census, the commune had 2,822 inhabitants, of which 81.33% were Romanians, 10.31% Hungarians, 4% Roma, and 0.8% Germans. At the 2021 census, Șercaia had a population of 2,865; of those, 69.9% were Romanians, 16.09% Roma, and 4.54% Hungarians.^[2]