Drăguș

Drăguș (German: Drachenbach, Traschen; Hungarian: Dragus) is a commune in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania.[2] It is composed of a single village, Drăguș, part of Viștea Commune until being split off in 2004.

Drăguș
Village Museum
Village Museum
Coat of arms of Drăguș
Location within the county
Location within the county
Drăguș is located in Romania
Drăguș
Drăguș
Location in Romania
Coordinates: 45°45′N 24°47′E
CountryRomania
CountyBrașov
Government
  Mayor (20202024) Cornel Greavu (PNL)
Area
36.25 km2 (14.00 sq mi)
Population
 (2011-10-31)[1]
1,162
  Density32/km2 (83/sq mi)
Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Postal code
507251
Vehicle reg.BV
Websitewww.comunadragus.ro

Drăguș is located at the western edge of Brașov County, in the central part of the Țara Făgărașului region, at the foot of the Făgăraș Mountains. The river Drăguș flows north through the commune, discharging into the Olt River in Olteț.

At the 2011 census, 99.8% of inhabitants were ethnic Romanians.

During the interwar period, ethnologist Dimitrie Gusti led a series of expeditions to various Romanian villages in which researchers from various fields would write monographs about particular aspects of those villages. The campaign reached its peak in Drăguș during the summer of 1929, when 89 researchers descended on the village. The event was recorded in a documentary film, Drăguș.[3]

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