Fundata
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| type | commune |
| county | Brașov |
| official_name | Fundata |
| image_shield | Stema fundata.png |
| image_skyline | VS Fundata Brasov vara dupa ploaie.JPG |
| image_caption | Rainbow in Fundata |
| image_map | Fundata jud Brasov.jpg |
| map_caption | Location of Fundata, Brașov |
| leader_name | Marian-Florin Pâtea |
| leader_party | PNL |
| leader_term | 2020–2024 |
| coordinates | |
| elevation | 1360 |
| area_total | 36.81 |
| population_total | auto |
| postal_code | 507070 |
| area_code | +(40) x59 |
| website | |
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|type = commune |county = Brașov |official_name = Fundata |image_flag = |image_shield = Stema fundata.png |image_skyline = VS Fundata Brasov vara dupa ploaie.JPG |image_caption = Rainbow in Fundata |image_location = |image_map = Fundata jud Brasov.jpg |map_caption = Location of Fundata, Brașov |leader_name = Marian-Florin Pâtea |leader_party = PNL |leader_term = 2020–2024 |coordinates = |elevation = 1360 |elevation_min = |elevation_max = |area_total = 36.81 |population_as_of = |population_total = auto |population_footnotes = |postal_code = 507070 |area_code = +(40) x59 |website = Fundata (; ) is a commune in Brașov County, Romania, in the historic region of Transylvania. It is composed of three villages: Fundata, Fundățica (Kleinkertzberg; Kisfundáta), and Șirnea (Schirnen; Sirnea). The place offers panoramas for the Piatra Craiului Mountains and Bucegi Mountains. During the 2013 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival, it held the biathlon competition in the new venue of the town.
Presentation
Surrounded by the Bucegi Mountains and the Piatra Craiului Mountains, Fundata's altitude of 1360 m makes it the highest commune in Romania. Șirnea was first attested in 1729, and Fundata in 1732. It lies on the southern border of Brașov County, with Argeș County on the other side, in the middle of the Rucăr–Bran Pass, along European route E574. It is 42 km from Brașov and 26 km from Râșnov.
In August 1916, when troops from the Romanian Old Kingdom entered Austria-Hungary, the first village they took was Fundata, also capturing their first prisoners there and suffering their first battle death.
A traditional lifestyle of herding sheep and cows is preserved, augmented by tourism. Indeed, Șirnea was declared the country's first tourist village in 1968. Aside from the mountainous scenery, attractions in Fundata include a wooden Romanian Orthodox church (1830) and one of stone (1939–1943); in Șirnea, there is a church from 1893–1894 as well as an ethnographic museum. There is an annual festival held around July 20, feast of the prophet Elijah, called Nedeia Munților ("Mountain Celebration"). Originally a "feast of two countries" (Transylvania and Wallachia), it was revived in 1969, and features folklore displays as well as local cheeses and meats.
| source = Census data |1850 |1629 |1941 |2284 |2002 |1008 |2011 |852 |2021 |683
At the 2011 census, all but one of the commune's 852 inhabitants were ethnic Romanians. At the 2021 census, Fundata had a population of 683; of those, 95.75% were Romanians.
Natives
- Gheorghe Bădescu (born 1937), cross-country skier
- Ion Țeposu (born 1943), biathlete
Gallery
File:VS Fundata Brasov 01 Piatra Craiului.JPG|Piatra Craiului Mountains from Fundata File:VS Fundata Brasov 03 muntii Bucegi.JPG|Bucegi Mountains from Fundata File:VS Fundata Brasov 06 Fundata iarna.JPG|Fundata in winter File:Sirnea.jpg|Mountains from Șirnea File:Sirnea2.png|Șirnea landscape File:VS cheese wrapped in fir bark.jpg|Cheese (brânză de burduf) wrapped in fir bark
Notes
References
- "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau.
- {{in lang. ro [http://www.fundata-sirnea.ro/ro/destinatia-fundata/comuna-fundata Comuna Fundata] at the Fundata Town Hall site; accessed October 5, 2012
- {{in lang. ro [http://www.fundata-sirnea.ro/ro/destinatia-fundata/localizare-si-transport Localizare şi transport] at the Fundata Town Hall site; accessed October 5, 2012
- {{in lang. ro Adrian-Silvan Ionescu, [http://www.zf.ro/ziarul-de-duminica/prin-foc-si-fum-peste-carpati-la-fundata-1916-2012-galerie-foto-9666779 "Prin foc și fum, peste Carpați, la Fundata (1916-2012)"], ''[[Ziarul Financiar]]'', May 25, 2012; accessed October 5, 2012
- {{in lang. ro [http://www.fundata-sirnea.ro/ro/agenda-culturala/nedeia-muntilor-fundata Nedeia Munţilor, Fundata] at the Fundata Town Hall site; accessed October 5, 2012
- {{in lang. ro Simona Suciu, [http://www.adevarul.ro/locale/brasov/brasov-Nedeia_Muntilor_la_Fundata_si_Santilia_la_Sacele_0_740326003.html "Nedeia Munților la Fundata și Sântilia la Săcele"], ''[[Adevărul]]'', July 20, 2012; accessed October 5, 2012
- [http://www.bistrita.insse.ro/phpfiles/Comunicat%20-%20DATE%20PROVIZORII%20RPL%202011_BN.pdf Romanian census data, 2011] {{Webarchive. link. (2016-01-21 ; accessed October 5, 2012)
- (31 May 2023). "Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021". [[National Institute of Statistics (Romania).
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