Homorod, Brașov


Homorod is a commune in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Homorod, Jimbor, and Mercheașa.
The commune is located in the northern part of the county, on the border with Harghita County, from the county seat, Brașov. It lies on the banks of the Homorod River, at the confluence of the Homorodul Mare and Homorodul Mic.

Demographics

At the 2021 census, Homorod had a population of 2,260; of those, 64.51% were Romanians, 19.69% Hungarians, and 5.22% Roma. At the 2011 census, the commune had 2,209 inhabitants, of which 49.3% were Romanians, 29.9% Hungarians, 18.4% Roma, and 1.2% Germans. At the 2002 census, 64.6% were Romanian Orthodox, 11.8% Evangelical [Lutheran Church of Romania|Evangelical Lutheran], 8.3% Roman Catholic, 6.5% Unitarian [Church of Transylvania|Unitarian], 2.8% Reformed, 2.3% belonged to another religion, and 1.5% Evangelical Church of [Augustan Confession in Romania|Evangelical of Augustan Confession].

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