Bunești

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Bunești

Total population

647

Land area149.1 km²

Coordinates46.11°, 25.06°

Demographic figures from INS Romania. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Bunești is a commune in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Bunești, Criț, Meșendorf, Roadeș, and Viscri. Each of these has a fortified church. The route of the Via Transilvanica long-distance trail passes through the villages Roadeș and Criț.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Michael von Melas

Austrian general

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Michael Markel

K

Károly Áros

Romanian journalist (1940-2015)

Ion Dacian

Romanian opera singer (1911-1981)

Eugen A. Pora

French zoologist (1909-1981)

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Karl Brandsch

Transylvanian-Saxon painter

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Venerable Gherontie of Tismana

Romanian monk and fool for Christ, buried at Tismana Monastery

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Brașov

• Criț
  2.1 mi away · pop. 593
• Roadeș
  2.9 mi away · pop. 269
• Meșendorf
  3.6 mi away · pop. 331
• Viscri
  3.9 mi away · pop. 412
• Fișer
  4.6 mi away · pop. 1,228
• Grânari
  6.1 mi away · pop. 525
• Beia
  6.6 mi away · pop. 361
• Jibert
  7.1 mi away · pop. 790
• Dacia
  8.1 mi away · pop. 724
• Paloș
  8.5 mi away · pop. 315
• Lovnic
  8.7 mi away · pop. 593
• Rupea
  9.1 mi away · pop. 5,098

Browse all places in Brașov →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

oak lace bug

Corythucha arcuata

Seen 2026-08-27

Cherry Gall Wasp

Cynips quercusfolii

Seen 2026-08-27

Great Stonecrop

Hylotelephium maximum

Seen 2026-08-27

Whorled Clary

Salvia verticillata

Seen 2026-08-27

Copris lunaris

Copris lunaris

Seen 2026-08-26

Eastern Slowworm

Anguis colchica

Seen 2026-08-17

Forking Larkspur

Delphinium consolida

Seen 2026-08-16

German Yellowjacket

Vespula germanica

Seen 2026-08-11

Eurasian Hummingbird Hawkmoth

Macroglossum stellatarum

Seen 2026-08-10

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).