Brăduț
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Brăduț Bardóc |
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| Commune | |
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 Location of Brăduț |
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 Brăduț
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| Coordinates: 46°8′0″N 25°37′0″E / 46.13333°N 25.61667°ECoordinates: 46°8′0″N 25°37′0″E / 46.13333°N 25.61667°E | |
| Country |
 Romania
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| County | Covasna County |
| Status | Commune |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Dénes Balázsi (Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 4,688 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Brăduț (Romanian: Brăduț; Hungarian: Bardóc) is a commune in Covasna County, Romania composed of four villages:
The commune has an absolute Székely Hungarian majority. According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 4,688, of which 83.64% or 3,921 are Hungarian. The villages are located in the valley of the Kormos stream.
In Hungarian, the village is called Bardóc. It is centrally located within the commune. Its first mention as "Bardach" dates back to 1333. The only high school and clinic of the commune are here.
In Hungarian, the village is called Székelyszáldobos, meaning "The only Székely drummer". A legend explains this name by the only survivor of the Mongol-Tatar invasion who was a drummer. According to another legend, this village appeared after the Mongol-Tatar invasion, when the population of the earlier villages Dobó and Valál resettled here. Many mineral water springs exist around the village. Some people get their mineral water by lowering a bottle attached to a stick into a well near the South end of the village. There is a significant (and growing) Gypsy-Roma population near the North end of the village.
In Hungarian, the village is called Erdőfüle, meaning the "ear of the forest". However, the first part of the name probably comes from the name of the area, Erdővidék (Forest-Land). It is the largest village of the commune, nearly fused with Bardóc. The group of buildings between the two villages is amusingly referred to as "Ésfalu" (And-village). Since the nearby mountains are rich in iron ore, this was one of the villages were cannons were cast during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. The building where the cannons were made still stands.
In Hungarian, the village of Tălișoara is called Olasztelek, meaning "Italian settlement" and referring to the Italian colonists settled there by Charles I of Hungary. Family names of Italian origin are still common in the village (Kolumbán, Márkó).
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