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Kőhalom

Rupea
Town
Skyline of Rupea
Location of Rupea
Location of Rupea
Rupea is located in Romania
Rupea
Rupea
Location of Rupea
Coordinates: 46°2′20″N 25°13′21″E / 46.03889°N 25.22250°E / 46.03889; 25.22250Coordinates: 46°2′20″N 25°13′21″E / 46.03889°N 25.22250°E / 46.03889; 25.22250
Country  Romania
County Brașov County
Status Town
Government
 • Mayor Flavius Dumitrescu (Democratic Liberal Party)
Area
 • Total 74.87 km2 (28.91 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 5,011
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Website http://primariarupea.ro/

Rupea (German Reps; Hungarian: Kőhalom, "mound of rocks"; Latin Ripa) is a town in Brașov County in Transylvania, Romania. It administers one village, Fișer (Schweischer; Sövénység), which has a fortified church. Older Romanian names for the settlement include Cohalm and Holuma. At the 2011 census, 71.6% of inhabitants were Romanians, 19.5% Hungarians, 7.1% Roma and 1.7% Germans.


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