Întorsura Buzăului

Template:Infobox Romanian subdivision Întorsura Buzăului (Template:Langx ) is a town in Covasna County, Transylvania, Romania. It administers three villages: Brădet (Bredét), Floroaia (Virágospatak), and Scrădoasa.

Geography

The town is located in the southern part of the county, on the border with Brașov County, and lies on the left bank of the Buzău River. The town's name means Buzău's Turning in Romanian; it gets its name from being located near a large turn that the river takes. The river initially flows northwards, but takes a sudden turn towards the south-east near the town.

Întorsura Buzăului is located at Template:Cvt altitude, in a depression, surrounded by the Template:Ill, Ciucaș, and Template:Ill mountains. Due to its location, the town registers the lowest temperatures in Romania every year.

The town is some Template:Cvt southeast of the county seat, Sfântu Gheorghe, and Template:Cvt south of Covasna. It is traversed by national road DN10, which links Brașov to Buzău. This road passes through the Carpathian Mountains and for most of its length follows the Buzău River. There is also a railroad that links Brașov and Întorsura Buzăului which goes through the Template:Ill that crosses the Întorsurii Mountains; with a length of Template:Cvt, this is the longest railway tunnel in Romania.

Population

At the 2021 census, Întorsura Buzăului had a population of 8,332; of those, 92.49% were ethnic Romanians. At the 2011 census, the town had 7,319 inhabitants, of whom 7,265 were ethnic Romanians, 37 were ethnic Hungarians, and 12 ethnic Romani.

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Local festival

The Ciobănașul (Template:Langx) Annual Festival takes place in Întorsura Buzăului on the first Sunday of September and lasts for two days. At the festival, visitors come from the town and the surrounding villages, and even from other counties. In 2006, Romanian President Traian Băsescu attended the festival. During the festival the attendants can consume Romanian traditional foods and drinks and are entertained with Romanian folk music.

Natives

• Valeriu Bularca (1931–2017), Greco-Roman wrestler
• Gheorghe Tohăneanu (born 1936), gymnast

Gallery

• The railway station
  The railway station
• A street in the town
  A street in the town
• Construction of the Teliu–Întorsura Buzăului Tunnel, c.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1924
  Construction of the Teliu–Întorsura Buzăului Tunnel, c. 1924