Vulcan, Brașov
Vulcan is a commune in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Colonia 1 Mai and Vulcan. It also included Holbav village until 2004, when it was split off to form a separate commune.
The commune is situated in the foothills of the Southern Carpathians, at an altitude of, on the banks of the river Vulcănița. It is located in the south-central part of Brașov County, west of the county seat, Brașov. Since its founding around the year 1377, Vulcan was one of the most important villages in the Burzenland area, where there was a strong Transylvanian Saxon community.
At the 2021 census, Vulcan had a population of 4,823; of those, 80% were Romanians and 8.1% Roma.