Bran
Bran is a village in southern Transylvania, in Brașov County. It's famous for Bran Castle, guarding the pass between Wallachia and Transylvania.
- Type: Locality with 5,180 residents
- Description: commune in Brașov County, Romania
- Also known as: “Bran-Poartă”, “Bran, Brașov”, “Törcsvár”, and “Törzburg”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Village Museum of the Bran Area.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zarnesti and Moieciu.
Zarnesti
Town
Zărnești is a town in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania, with a population of 21,624 as of 2021. It administers one village, Tohanu Nou. The town is located near the Piatra Craiului Mountains, which are part of the Southern Carpathians mountain range.
Moieciu
Village
Moieciu is a commune in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania. It is located 29 km south of Brașov, within the Rucăr-Bran Pass. The commune is composed of six villages: Cheia, Drumul Carului, Măgura, Moieciu de Jos, Moieciu de Sus, and Peștera.
Bran
- Category: commune of Romania
- Location: Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
45.5167° or 45° 31′ north
Longitude
25.35° or 25° 21′ east
Population
5,180
Elevation
1,017 metres (3,337 feet)
Open location code
8GQ7G88X+MX
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Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Volapük—“Bran” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بران”
- Basque: “Bran”
- Bulgarian: “Бран”
- Catalan: “Bran”
- Cebuano: “Comuna Bran”
- Chechen: “Бран (коммуна)”
- Chechen: “Бран”
- Chinese: “Bran”
- Chinese: “布蘭 (布拉索夫縣)”
- Chinese: “布蘭”
- Chinese: “布蘭鄉”
- Czech: “Bran”
- Dutch: “Bran”
- Dutch: “Törcsvár”
- Dutch: “Törzburg”
- Esperanto: “Bran”
- Esperanto: “Törcsvár”
- Esperanto: “Törzburg”
- French: “Bran”
- French: “Törcsvár”
- French: “Törzburg”
- Galician: “Bran, Romanía”
- Galician: “Bran”
- German: “Bran”
- German: “Castelul Bran”
- German: “Schloss Bran”
- German: “Törcsvár”
- German: “Törzburg”
- Greek: “Μπραν”
- Hebrew: “בראן”
- Hungarian: “Bran”
- Hungarian: “Törcsvár község”
- Hungarian: “Törcsvár”
- Hungarian: “Törzburg”
- Indonesian: “Bran, Braşov”
- Indonesian: “Bran”
- Irish: “Bran”
- Italian: “Bran”
- Italian: “Törcsvár”
- Italian: “Törzburg”
- Korean: “브란”
- Latin: “Bran”
- Malay: “Bran, Braşov”
- Malay: “Bran, Brașov”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Bran”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bran i Brașov”
- Polish: “Bran”
- Portuguese: “Bran”
- Portuguese: “Törcsvár”
- Portuguese: “Törzburg”
- Romanian: “Bran”
- Romanian: “Comuna Bran, Brașov”
- Romanian: “Törcsvár”
- Romanian: “Törzburg”
- Russian: “Бран”
- Serbian: “Општина Бран”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Opština Bran, Brașov”
- Spanish: “Bran”
- Spanish: “Törcsvár”
- Spanish: “Törzburg”
- Swedish: “Bran, Brașov”
- Swedish: “Slottet Bran”
- Tatar: “Бран (коммуна)”
- Tatar: “Бран”
- Turkish: “Bran”
- Ukrainian: “Бран”
- Urdu: “بران، براشوو”
- Vietnamese: “Bran, Brașov”
- Volapük: “Bran”
- “Bran”
- “Comuna Bran, Brașov”
- “Törcsvár”
- “Törzburg”
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