Homorod, Brașov

Homorod
Homorod
Commune
	Fortified church in Homorod
	Location within the county
	Homorod Location in Romania
	Coordinates: 46°2′30″N 25°17′3″E / 46.04167°N 25.28417°E
Country	Romania
County	Brașov
Government
• Mayor (2020–2024)	Ștefan-Doru Șona (PSD)
Area	119.61 km2 (46.18 sq mi)
Elevation	463 m (1,519 ft)
Population (2021-12-01)	2,260
• Density	18.9/km2 (48.9/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal code	507105
Area code	(+40) 02 68
Vehicle reg.	BV
Website	homorod.ro

Homorod (German: Hamruden; Hungarian: Homoród) is a commune in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Homorod, Jimbor (Sommerburg; Székelyzsombor), and Mercheașa (Streitfort; Mirkvásár).

The commune is located in the northern part of the county, on the border with Harghita County, 62 km (39 mi) from the county seat, Brașov. It lies on the banks of the Homorod River, at the confluence of the Homorodul Mare and Homorodul Mic.

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
2002	2,400	—
2011	2,209	−8.0%
2021	2,260	+2.3%
Source: Census data

At the 2021 census, Homorod had a population of 2,260; of those, 64.51% were Romanians, 19.69% Hungarians, and 5.22% Roma.^[2] At the 2011 census, the commune had 2,209 inhabitants, of which 49.3% were Romanians, 29.9% Hungarians, 18.4% Roma, and 1.2% Germans. At the 2002 census, 64.6% were Romanian Orthodox, 11.8% Evangelical Lutheran, 8.3% Roman Catholic, 6.5% Unitarian, 2.8% Reformed, 2.3% belonged to another religion, and 1.5% Evangelical of Augustan Confession.

Natives

József Nyírő (1889–1953), Hungarian writer and politician associated with fascism
Wilhelm Staedel [de] (1890–1971), bishop of the Evangelical Church in Romania from 1941 to 1944