Brețcu
Brețcu is a village in Comuna Breţcu, Covasna County and has about 2,840 residents. Brețcu is situated nearby to the village Lemnia, as well as near Mărtănuș.Photo: Țetcu Mircea Rareș, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Village with 2,840 residents
- Description: village in Covasna County, Romania
- Also known as: “Angustia” and “Bereck”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Angustia.
Angustia
Photo: Saturnian, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Angustia was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD today near the town of Breţcu, Romania. It was the key centre for defence of the eastern half of Roman Dacia as it controlled the vulnerable Oituz Pass.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lemnia and Mărtănuș.
Lemnia
Village
Photo: Pasztilla, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lemnia is a village, which is situated 3 km west of Brețcu.
Mărtănuș
Village
Photo: Țetcu Mircea Rareș, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mărtănuș is a village, which is situated 3 km south of Brețcu.
Brețcu
- Categories: seat of the local council and locality
- Location: Comuna Breţcu, Covasna County, Szeklerland, Transylvania, Romania, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.04423° or 46° 2′ 39″ northLongitude
26.30214° or 26° 18′ 8″ eastPopulation
2,840Open location code
8GR828V2+MVOpenStreetMap ID
node 461608444OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageWikidata ID
Q2924828
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Ukrainian—“Brețcu” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Angustia”
- Basque: “Bereck”
- Basque: “Brețcu”
- Cebuano: “Brețcu”
- Chechen: “Брецку”
- Dutch: “Bretcu”
- Dutch: “Brețcu”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بريتسكو”
- French: “Brețcu”
- German: “Brețcu”
- Hungarian: “Bereck”
- Irish: “Brețcu”
- Polish: “Brețcu”
- Romanian: “Brețcu, Covasna”
- Romanian: “Brețcu”
- Romanian: “Comuna Breţcu”
- Serbian: “Брецку”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Brețcu, Brețcu”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Brețcu”
- Tatar: “Брецку”
- Ukrainian: “Брецку”
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