Bod, Brașov
| Bod | ||
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| Commune | ||
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  Bod | ||
| Coordinates: 45°46′N 25°39′E / 45.767°N 25.650°E | ||
| Country |
 Romania | |
| County | Braşov County | |
| Population (2011)[1] | 3,771 | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
Bod (German: Brenndorf; Hungarian: Botfalu) is a commune in Braşov County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Bod and Colonia Bod (Botfalusi Cukorgyártelep). At Bod there is one of Romania's largest sugar factories and a broadcasting transmitter for long- and medium-wave radio, the Bod Transmitter. In Bod, the lowest ever recorded temperature in Romania, -38.5 degrees Celsius (-37 Fahrenheit), was measured in January 1942.
At the 2011 census, 89.6% of inhabitants were Romanians, 8.5% Hungarians and 1.1% Germans.
Natives
- Damasus Dürr (1537-1585), humanist
- Reinhardt Schuster (b. 1936), painter
References
- ↑ Romanian census data, 2011; retrieved on March 17, 2012
External links
Coordinates: 45°46′N 25°39′E / 45.767°N 25.650°E
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